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Latitude
52.561928
Longitude
-1.464854
Start Date
1833-01-01
End Date
1889-01-01

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ID
tb96a5

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Birth Place
England, UK
Biography
natural history painter, miner and settler, son of John Nancarrow and Marianne, née Lidgey, migrated from England to Victoria with his brother in 1855 and joined the gold-rush near Bendigo. Afterwards he settled in nearby Neilborough where he became well known for his botanical and entomological drawings. He also lectured on natural history at the Bendigo Mechanics Institute. Nancarrow won a gold medal for a collection of watercolour paintings of Australian wildflowers he showed at the Geelong Industrial and Juvenile Exhibition in 1879. He died at Raywood (Vic.), in 1889, aged 56. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1992 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. c.1833
Summary
Migrating to Australia in 1855, he settled in Neilborough in Victoria where he worked as a miner. He became well-known in the area for his natural history paintings and won the gold medal for his Australian wildflower watercolour paintings at the Geelong Industrial and Juvenile Exhibition in 1879.
Gender
Male
Died
1889
Age at death
56