TLCMap Gazetteer of Historical Australian Places

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James Archibald Campbell Dickson

Layer: DAOO Artists with known birth places and birth years
Type: Other

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Latitude: 57
Longitude: -4
Start Date: 1836-01-01
End Date: 1836-01-01

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DAAO URL: https://www.daao.org.au/bio/james-archibald-campbell-dickson
Birth Place: Scotland, UK
Biography: painter and policeman, was born in Scotland in 1836 or 1839. With his wife, Hannah and two young children he arrived at South Australia on 21 August 1865 on board the Norman Morrison as an assisted emigrant. There he became a policeman, based at Adelaide. His oil painting Cameron’s Farm, Myponga (1866, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide) is a competent naive record of contemporary rural life. This entry is a stub. You can help the DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1992 Last updated: 2011
Born: b. c.1836
Summary: Scottish born painter, policeman, husband and father. He is known only for one work, 'Cameron's Farm, Myponga' (1866), a competent representation of contemporary rural life.
Gender: Male
Died: None listed
Age at death: None listed