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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, ...
Roe, John Septimus, b. 1797
John Septimus Roe was sketcher, surveyor and naval officer. Together with Captain J.G. Bremer they established a settlement and took possession of the northern coast ...
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.
Ross, James, b. 1786
James Ross was an engraver, teacher, editor and printer. He was appointed joint government printer and editor of the Hobart Town Gazette in June 1825. ...
Rowe, George, b. 1796
George Rowe was one of the most prolific topographical printmakers in England.
Rowlands, Charles Henry
Charles Henry Rowlands was sketcher and solicitor who is thought to have perished in 1861 in the wreck of the 'Monumental City'.
Rowntree, Edward Casson, b. 1810
The best known architectural work by Edward Casson Rowntree is the Hobart Town Savings Bank (now the Murray Street branch of the Savings Bank of ...
Rusden, Amelia Christina
Although her work is held in the National Library of Australia, Rusden is still remembered for briefly catching the eye of Houston Mitchell. His words: ...
Russell, Robert, b. 1808
Despite Russell's extensive work as a sketcher, amateur photographer, etcher, lithographer, carver, architect and surveyor, he is still better known for his work ethic and ...
Ryrie, Stewart, b. 1812
Stewart Ryrie, sketcher, surveyor and pastoralist, was asked by Deputy Surveyor-General S.A. Perry in 1839 to travel into the Snowy Mountains region in order to ...
Sadd, Henry Samuel, b. 1811
A mezzotint and wood engraver, Sadd migrated to Australia in 1853 by way of North America. Most of his Victorian work, based on photographs, consists ...
Sainson, Louis Auguste de, b. 1800
A watercolourist and draughtsman, Louis Auguste de Sainson was born in Paris on 26 April 1800. He began his lengthy naval career in a secretarial ...
Sandrock, George Frederick, b. 1819
Sandrock was a keen photographer, taking view photographs in the West Indies, Palmerston (Darwin), Bowen, Cardwell and Rockhampton. He was a customs officer, held a ...
Sawkins, James Gay
James Gay Sawkins was a landscape, portrait and genre painter. He was a skilful, precise draughtsman with a special interest in rock formations and other ...
Schramm, Alexander, b. 1814
Painter, lithographer and sculptor. In 1849 Schramm migrated to South Australia.
Scott, David, b. 1804
Sketcher, military officer, vigneron and horse-breeder, was born in Bombay, India.
Scott, Lachlina Elizabeth, b. 1824
Art student, was the eldest daughter of James Scott, senior colonial surgeon of Van Diemen's Land between 1824 and 1835.