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Ring,
Miss Ring, art teacher, opened a school for young ladies at Clifton House, New Norfolk, Van Diemen's Land, in March 1831. She claimed that she ...
Rising, , b.
Mr Rising was a drawing teacher in Sydney during the 1830s. In 1834, he advertised that he could instruct a limited number of young gentlemen ...
Rishworth, Richard, b. 1799
Richard Rishworth, listed in the Ballarat Directory in 1857 as artist and decorator, lived at Bakery Hill, Ballarat East, Victoria. He was also Secretary for ...
Beauchamp, Robert Proctor, b. 1819
Born into a privileged family, Beauchamp married an heiress after travelling between England, New Zealand and Victoria for a number of years. They finally settled ...
Clayton, Robert, b.
Wood engraver born in Ireland. Came to NSW as a free settler but was not permitted to leave the colony.
Dixon, Robert
Under Thomas Mitchell in the NSW Surveyor-General's Department, Dixon pioneered surveys in areas south-east of Sydney but was suspended for twice publishing maps without prior ...
Hoddle, Robert, b. 1794
Sketcher and surveyor, was born in London and arrived in Australia in 1823. In 1851 Hoddle was appointed Victoria's first surveyor-general.
Neill, Robert, b. 1801
A public servant, Neill lived alternatively in Hobart and Western Australia, according to his work commitments. He was also an artist who painted a series ...
Nixon, Frederick Robert, b. 1817
Colonial era Adelaide cartoonist, sketcher, etcher, journalist and surveyor.
Roberts, George, b. 1800
George Roberts was a prolific scene-painter. When Sydney's new Prince of Wales Theatre was opened in 1855, the Illustrated Sydney News reported that "the credit ...
Roberts, Jane
Jane Roberts was a talented sketcher and author. The second edition of her book 'Two Years at Sea: Being the Narrative of a Voyage to ...
Robinson, George, b. 1791
A sketcher and a builder George Augustus Robinson was also Protector of Aborigines. He also offered religious succour to prisoners in gaol.
Rodius, Charles, b. 1802
Charles (Rhodius) Rodius was a portraitist, illustrator, draughtsman, lithographer and singer. He was sentenced to seven years transportation for stealing a reticule containing a handkerchief, ...
Ménard, Romuald Georges
Naval artist, was draughtsman on board the 1836-39 Venus expedition to the South Pacific, commanded by Captain Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars and ordered by King ...
Ronalds, Alfred, b. 1802
In 1849 Alfred Ronalds became one of Victoria's first lithographic printers. His brother Francis invented the electric telegraph in England.
Fitzmaurice, Lewis Roper, b. 1816
A sketcher, surveyor and sailor who while serving on the Beagle, made some of the drawings subsequently reproduced in Stokes's Discoveries in Australia. He also ...