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Latitude
-42.880556
Longitude
147.325
Start Date
1856-01-01
End Date
1856-01-01

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ID
tba60c

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DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/g-r-cherry
Birth Place
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Biography
The son of artist and photographer George Cherry and Mary Ann Matilda, née James, and brother of miniaturist Ada Whiting, G Rodney Cherry was born in Hobart on 9 August 1856. Cherry worked as an insurance broker for most of his adult life but maintained his family and social connections to the arts. He exhibited at the Victorian Academy of Arts in 1884, when his address was given as 33 Hoddle Street, North Richmond. Cherry was a prominent member the the Buonarotti Club in Melbourne 1883-87, where he met and married artist Alice Jane Elinor Brotherton in Melbourne in 1887. Dividing his time between Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney, Cherry took photographs of the artists’ camp at Sirius Cove at Sydney’s Mosman Bay in the 1890s. Widowed in 1898, Cherry moved permanently to Sydney at the start of the twentieth century, married Minnie J Johnson in 1900 and settled in Wahroonga, where he died on 15 August 1947. This entry is a stub. You can help the DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Eric Riddler James McArdle Date written: 1999 Last updated: 2023
Born
b. 9 August 1856
Summary
Exhibited with the Victorian Academy of Arts, 1884. Took photographs of the artists' camp at Sirius Cove in the 1890s.
Gender
Male
Died
15-Aug-47
Age at death
91