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Walter, T. R. O. 



The initials of this gentleman are given as above in (5), 

 p. 26, but they are R. T. R. G. according to a note in the 

 41 Western Mail" of 28th August 1919, where it is stated 

 that in January 1842, Mr. Walter published the usual 

 official note giving intention of his leaving Western Aus- 

 tralia at the first opportunity. What his subsequent move- 

 ments were, I know not* 



Watling, Thomas. See (1), p. 128. 



He was the author of "Letters from an Exile at Botany 

 Bay to his aunt in Dumfries; giving a particular account 

 of the settlement of New South Wales, with the Manners 

 and Customs of the Inhabitants." (l2mo., pp. iv, 128. 

 Penrith, printed by Ann Bell, 1794). 



The writer, who styles himself " Principal Limner in New 

 South Wales," was extremely anxious to deserve better of 

 his country, and proposed, with due deference under the 

 patronage of an Impartial Public, the execution of a Pic- 

 turesque Description of that Colony in a highly finished set 

 of drawings, done faithfully upon the spots, in mezzo, aqua- 

 tinta, or water colours. ("History of N.S.W. from the 

 Records," by G. B. Barton, Vol. I, 585, 1889). 



There are some additional details concerning Watling in 

 William Dixson's "Notes on Australian Artists," (Journ. 

 Roy. Aust. Hist. Soc, v, 227, 1919). 



Watts, William Walter (1856 - 1920). 



An account of his life and work will be found in the 

 Presidential Address of Mr, James Nangle (this Journal, 

 Vol. liv, 3 1921). A portrait of him will be found in "The 

 Presbyterian " for October, 1920. 



