|
Name
(FAMILY NAME, Other Names) |
MATHER,
John Baxter |
|
Date
of Birth |
5
March 1853 |
|
Place
of Birth |
Edinburgh,
Scotland |
|
Date
of Death |
7
November 1940 |
|
Place
of Death |
Prospect,
South Australia |
|
Place
of Burial |
North
Road Cemetery, Plot 5359 |
|
Arrived
in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
c1870 |
|
Addresses/Dates
in Prospect Council Area |
34
(about 1890) and 38 Myrtle Street, Prospect |
|
Addresses/Dates
outside Prospect Council Area |
Portland
and Warrnambool, Victoria Mount
Gambier (c1864) |
|
Names
of houses (if any) |
|
|
Parents
- names; DOBs etc (if known) |
Father
-
Thomas Sinclair MATHER, b
c1824 d 20 June 1865 Mother -
Jessie d 30 Oct 1901 |
|
Spouse(s)
- including maiden name; DOBs etc. (if known) |
Johanna FRASER
Born
c1853, Died 28 June 1921, Buried
North Road Cemetery, Plot 5359. Father -
Donald FRASER |
|
Date(s)
of Marriage(s) |
15
December 1880 |
|
Place(s)
of Marriage(s) |
Residence
of William TOLMIE, Attamurra SA. |
|
Children
- names and dates of birth/death if known |
No
children. |
|
Education
|
|
|
Occupation(s) |
After
leaving school in Mount Gambier he worked at several newspapers on both sides
of the SA and Victorian border. Part owner of the Naracoorte Herald Moved
to Adelaide in 1890 to work for The
Advertiser Artist,
illustrator, etcher, cartoonist,
painter, printmaker, engraver, journalist, critic and curator. Director of
the Art Gallery of SA. |
|
Interests/Activities |
Member
of the Royal SA Society of Arts, published a number of books of poetry. |
|
Religion/Churches
|
|
|
Notes
(points of interest etc.) |
He was
a friend of fellow artist Steve Wickes who lived on Prospect Road and gave
inscribed copies of his books of verse to Steve and his wife. Steve’s young daughter “Bobbie” had an
autograph book and Mather added small paintings, an etching and poem in the
autograph book. He was
reportedly proud of his acquaintance with poet Adam Lindsay Gordon. He is
not related to John Mather the Scottish born Victoria artist. |
|
Local
Government experience (if any) |
|
|
Sources
of information |
Border Watch 9 November 1940, PLHG
publication “Stories of Prospect Past”, Wickes archive, SA BMD records. |
|
Principal
Researcher |
Lesley
Attema |
