Name

John Allan

Other names

AJ.

Allan, J.

Culture

Australian

Gender

Male

Birth date

9 April 1822

Birth place

Fife, Scotland View on map Close map

Death date

22 October 1883

Death Place

84 Upper Fort Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

Occupations

Engraver | Engraver (seal) | Lithographer | Printer (copper-plate) | Printer (lithographic)

Summary

Worked: Australia (VIC, NSW).

NGA IRN

18030

Context

Australia

Addresses

• 1847, April.
  2 Hunter-street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  Stone Seal Engraver, Lithographer, copper-plate engraver, printer [SMH, 8 April 1847, p.1, col.3.]

• 1845.
  York-street, near the Barrack Gate, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  Engraving, copper-plate and Lithographic printing. [Sydney Morning Herald, 1 July 1845, p.1, col.6.]

• 1847.
  81 King St. West, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  Engravers and Copper-plate printers. [Low 1847]
  Stone seal engraving, engraving, lithographic drawing. [Sydney Morning Herald, 19 October 1846, p.1, col.5.

• 1851.
  2 Bridge-street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  Stone seal engravers and lithographers. [Empire 4 August 1851, p.1, col.1].

• 1855.
  23 Bridge street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  Engravers and Lithographers. [WCDS 1855].

• 1861.
  287 Market Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  Engraver. [SKSD 1861].

• 1883.
  84 Upper Fort Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  Seal engraver. [NSW Government Gazette,16 November 1883].

Biography

His father Alexander Allan of Bonnygate, Cupar, Fifeshire, Scotland died 1863 [SMH, 17 August 1863, p.1, col.1.]

From 1 January 1855 traded as Allan & Wigley.

Last Updated

03 Jun 2024