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William Habgood

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

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Latitude: 55
Longitude: -3
Start Date: 1806-01-01
End Date: 1806-01-01

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ID: tba93c

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DAAO URL: https://www.daao.org.au/bio/william-habgood
Birth Place: UK
Biography: watercolourist and merchant, came to the Swan River Colony, Western Australia from London in the Warrior , arriving on 12 March 1830. He was granted 2,400 acres near Fremantle in the 1830s and more land near Northam in the early 1840s. His business interests included a directorship of the Bank of Western Australia and partnerships with his brother Robert Mace Habgood and with Lionel Samson. Habgood’s niece Sarah later married John de Mansfield Absolon , a partner in the Habgood firm during the 1870s. Habgood died of consumption in Perth on 29 January 1845. His only known painting, Scene on Melville Water near Perth, Western Australia (National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT), was painted in 1842 and later retouched by C. Grellet. It shows an Aboriginal family around a campfire. This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1992 Last updated: 2011
Born: b. 1806
Summary: Watercolourist and merchant, came to the Swan River Colony, WA from London in 1830. His only known painting was painted in 1842 and shows an Aboriginal family around a campfire.
Gender: Male
Died: 29 January 1845
Age at death: 39

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