John Sands (12 November 1818 – 16 August 1873) was an English-born Australian engraver, printer and
stationer. He founded the
John Sands company and published the
Sands Directory
The Sands Directories, also published as the Sands and Kenny Directory and the Sands and McDougall Directory were annual publications in Australia.
They listed household, business, society, and Government contacts in Melbourne, Adelaide and Sy ...
.
Sands was born in
Sandhurst, Berkshire
Sandhurst is a town and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest borough in Berkshire, England. It is in the south eastern corner of Berkshire, and is situated west-southwest of London, north west of Camberley and south of Bracknell. Sandhurst ...
, and immigrated to Sydney in 1837. G. P. Walsh notes that "especially notable were his directories, almanacs, gazetteers and prints by
F. C. Terry and
S. T. Gill
Samuel Thomas Gill (21 May 1818 – 27 October 1880), also known by his signature S.T.G., was an English-born Australian artist.
Early life
Gill was born in Periton, Minehead, Somerset, England, in 1818. He was the son of the Reverend Samuel G ...
depicting colonial life."
References
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1818 births
1873 deaths
Australian printers
People from Sandhurst, Berkshire
British emigrants to the Colony of New South Wales