Chester clockmaker wall clock1/2/2024 ![]() London was the centre of the clock making during the 17th/18th and 19th centuries. In my various blogs to date we have studied clockmaking in the UK in great depth, this is with due reason. Many of the people who live in Australia today have some connection with the UK, either in past or present history. There has always been a fierce rivalry especially in sport between our two nations but we have always had a special bond. The only change is that people go to live in Australia freely from the UK today ! Even the current Australian Prime Minister was born in the UK in Wales. It has a shared history, culture, institutions and language. It is probably one of the closest international relationships in existence. Close Bonds Between UK and AustraliaĪustralia and the UK have a unique history from 1788. It is an interesting history that I suggest readers delve deeper. He has grandfather clocks and watches advertised for sale. The earliest editions of the Sydney Gazette gives lots more information about Henry Lane. He held this position until his death on the 15th April 1815. In 1808 Henry Lane has been given a conditional pardon and by 1811 Henry was appointed Government Clock Keeper. The first tower clock in the UK to compare was at Salisbury Cathedral and it was made in 1386, over 400 years earlier ! Conditional Pardon Henry Lane 1808 The Town Hall clock that Henry Lane was asked to repair after it collapsed in 1806 was probably brought on one of these ships from the UK. Again convict ships set sail from Portsmouth. In April 1804 he advertises for sale a ships chronometer and through these adverts you can tell he also manufactured watches at the time. ![]() He he is mentioned soon after his arrival advertising for an apprentice and a clock case manufacturer. Clearly with no competetion to speak of, he was not short of work. It is found a year after his arrival he had set up his business in Sydney in 1803. It is Henry Lane Clock maker who I will be looking at here though. He was pardoned in 1821 and he was appointed Keeper of the Town Hall Clock by Governor Macquarie. His talents also were noted and he became a highly regarded clock and watch maker. He was a horologist who arrived in Sydney in 1815. James Oatley was born in Warwickshire in 1770 but was found guilty of stealing bed linen. Clearly other convicts arrived in Australia who were also clockmakers in the UK. As mentioned in my previous blog Henry Lane the clockmaker from London and Bristol was a prisoner on board the Perseus. Hundreds of convict ships sailed during the 18th and 19th centuries to Australia. ![]() It was slightly different how clock production was setup in places like Australia. Fleeing UK to set up a new life overseasĬlock production only really set up in places like America, as a result of people fleeing persecution on religious grounds. Pendulum of Mayfair website sells many of these fine clocks. The UK exported many of these clocks to different parts of the world. Antique clocks as we have looked at in my many blogs centered around London in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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