George Goyder b. 24 June 1826

Also known as George Woodroofe Goyder
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Surveyor, he explored much of the Northern Territory recommending what was then known as Palmerston as the capital, which was later renamed Darwin. He also devised the rainfall line of 1866, dividing fertile from drought-stricken land until it was regrettably abandoned in 1874.

Citations

  • (c.1972), 'George Woodroofe Goyder’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • 'Sydney Mechanics Institute Reports’, Mitchell Library, Sydney, manuscript A4149.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870