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Robert Shortried Anderson

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Latitude
55.953333
Longitude
-3.189167
Start Date
1833-01-01
End Date
1833-01-01

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ID
tba741

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/robert-shortried-anderson
Birth Place
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Biography
painter and architectural draughtsman, was born in Scotland, son of an Edinburgh piano-maker. He attended Dean’s School and William Cairn’s Academy in Edinburgh, after which he worked for a short time as an architectural draughtsman with his brother John. R.S. Anderson emigrated to Victoria in 1851 and there painted views of the Castlemaine district. An oil painting, Mount Alexander Gold Diggings (1851, Dixson Galleries), appears to be the original for the lithograph Mount Alexander Gold Diggings, Australia. Sketched on the Spot by R.S. Anderson Esqre., late of Edinburgh (Mitchell Library; National Library of Australia) which was published by Mackay & Kirkwood of Glasgow for subscribers to the Glasgow Examiner on 30 October 1852. The print also appeared in Anderson’s Guide to Emigrants to Australia , published the same year. Anderson soon moved to Sydney and was employed as a clerk in the Post Office. He prepared the plans for extensions to Mortimer Lewis’s Post Office building. In 1856 he travelled to Wellington, New Zealand, in the schooner Ariel and worked in the Provincial Survey Office. He returned to Melbourne in April 1857 but went back to Auckland in July. After working with his brother on a farm at Otaki near Whangarei in 1858, he settled permanently in Auckland from January 1859 and again worked as a clerk and draughtsman. He died in the Provincial Hospital, Parnell, on 14 March 1874. 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. 1833
Summary
Scottish architectural draughtsman who emigrated to Victoria in 1851. Anderson painted views of the Castlemaine district, including an oil painting, 'Mount Alexander Gold Diggings'.
Gender
Male
Died
14 March 1874
Age at death
41