Griffin was a sketcher, policeman, gold commissioner and murderer. He married and deserted a wealthy widow in Victoria in 1857. In 1867 Griffin robbed the ...
Edward Roper, painter, illustrator, publisher, lithographer, writer and traveller, was inspired by Australian, New Zealand, South Sea Island and Canadian subjects as shown in the ...
Sketcher, scene-painter, actor and entertainer, George Fawcett entered into a partnership to build Princess Theatre in Dunedin, New Zealand, which opened in 1862. He not ...
Like her elder sister Harriet, Helena was a professional artist and natural science collector and illustrator. She was an accomplished natural history artist and both ...
Scientist and Roman Catholic priest, Woods was skilled at detailed sketches of his specimens and often sent them in with his scientific publications. His ecclesiastical ...
Primarily a poet, McCrae kept a diary and sketched; his work was influenced by the Indigenous population at Arthur's Seat on the Mornington Peninsula. His ...
Colonial-era NSW naturalist writer and illustrator. Caroline Atkinson was the daughter of Charlotte Barton, author of 'A Mother's Offering to Her Children' (1841), the first ...
Painter and decorative artist, after arriving in Australia her family settled in the Goulburn River Valley where her friendly contact with the local Aboriginal people ...