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Birth Place

Shrewsbury, England, UK

Biography

portrait and house painter and building contractor, was born in Shrewsbury, England. In May 1858 he and his family sailed to New South Wales as assisted emigrants aboard the David M’Ivor . One of the children died on the voyage out; the rest of the family reached Sydney on 30 September where Wellings worked as a house painter and builder, not from choice but necessity. According to his obituary, he 'followed the occupation of contractor, but was by profession an artist’. He lived in Darling Street, Balmain, and was one of the founders of the Balmain Working Man’s Institute, for which he painted a portrait of Sir Henry Parkes. Wellings died at Eden on the south coast of New South Wales in 1907. A speaker at his graveside remarked on his 'varied gifts of no mean order – musician, artist, and ripe Shakespearean actor’. This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1992 Last updated: 2011

Born

b. 1827

Summary

Portrait painter of Balmain, Sydney. Described as 'musician, artist, and ripe Shakespearean actor'.

Gender

Male

Died

1907

Age at death

80