TLCMap Gazetteer of Historical Australian Places

Gazetteer of Historical Australian Places

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William Sidney Austin

Layer: DAOO Artists with known birth places, birth years and death years
Link back to source:: https://www.daao.org.au/bio/william-sidney-austin
Type: Other

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Latitude: 51.5375786
Longitude: -0.9050287
Start Date: 1867-01-01
End Date: 1945-01-01

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tb93c7

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Birth Place: Henley-on-Thames, England, UK
Biography: painter and bedding manufacturer, was born at Henley-on-Thames in 1867. He came to Australia in 1885 and moved to Brisbane in 1886, where he worked as a house painter, seaman, partner in Lloyd, Austin & Tait (bedding manufacturers), founder Friendly Society & Hospital; Labor alderman for South Brisbane City Council; won Brisbane exhibition art award (!). Austin married Mary Etchells in Brisbane c.1894, then Emily Short in Brisbane c.1928. He died in Brisbane on 5 August 1945. This entry is a stub. You can help the DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1999 Last updated: 2011
Born: b. 1867
Summary: Painter and bedding manufacturer, Austin is said to have won a Brisbane exhibition art award but he is better known for founding the Friendly Society and Hospital and for his work as a Labor alderman with South Brisbane City Council.
Gender: Male
Died: 5-Aug-45
Age at death: 78