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Broinowski, Gracius Joseph (1837 - 1913) |
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| Ornithologist and Artist | ||
| Born: 7 March 1837 Walichnowy, near Wielun, Poland. Died: 11 April 1913 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. | ||
| Gracius Joseph Broinowski was an illustrator of Australian birds and mammals and an advocate of fauna conservation. |
Career Highlights |
| Born Walichnowy, near Wielun, Poland, 7 March 1837. Died Sydney, 11 April 1913. Educated Munich University (classics, languages and art subjects). Arrived Australia ca 1857; worked in country areas for a few years; publishing firm, Melbourne; travelled widely in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, painting landscapes and scenes of various towns; settled in Sydney in 1880, teaching painting to private pupils and at colleges, lectured on art and exhibited at various showings of the Royal Art Society; commissioned by the Department of Public Instruction in New South Wales to supply them with pictures of Australian birds and mammals 1880s; published "The Cockatoos and Nestors of Australia and New Zealand" 1888; published "The Birds of Australia" in six volumes 1887-1891, while farming at Campbelltown, New South Wales. |
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