Woodcarver, timber worker, blacksmith and engineer from Mt Helena, Western Australia. His son Henry died and in 1881 Crotty carved a grave marker for the ...
An eminent US scholar, considered to be "a towering figure in the history of geology". Dana's contribution to Australian geology was his description and mapping ...
Daplyn was an English born painter, art teacher, journalist, and arts administrator. Although his work is little known today, he was an important early advocate ...
Scottish born painter, policeman, husband and father. He is known only for one work, 'Cameron's Farm, Myponga' (1866), a competent representation of contemporary rural life.
In 1965 James Doolin came to Australia and became closely involved with the younger generation of abstract and colour field artists who worked and exhibited ...
Nineteenth-century astronomer, a poet and a collector of geological, anthropological and natural history specimens. Dunlop clearly had some sketching ability.
Frederick James 'Fred' Elliott, 1864-1949, was a prolific watercolour painter and lithographer, active in Sydney from the 1890s to the 1920s, specialising in marine subjects.
A professional photographer who claimed to have visited all the principal towns in Victoria before coming to Brisbane. He toured Queensland and was willing to ...
Melbourne-trained tram conductor who worked as a painter, potter and designer. Farrell designed a pedestal chair with the seat formed from Perspex for Module and ...
As well as developing a thriving timber export industry, Fenton found time for sketching and producing views of Tasmania which were published in Melbourne newspapers ...