Talk:Charles La Trobe

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Pictorial material[edit]

Obviously, I would like to take a photo of La Trobe's house, now that I know it is in the Kings Domain. Also he was a very keen artist, according to the State Library website, and I wonder if any of his paintings are now in the public domain (150 years since they were done and more...think so). There must be a good public domain head and shoulders shot. EuropracBHIT 12:29, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Sources[edit]

Discovering Democracy I found was a very good source. But it is copyright the Commonwealth. http://www.curriculum.edu.au/democracy/biographies/latrobe.htm White Hat is where I learnt that he had Moravian parents. Obviously I need to find out more about his home and childhood (and of course his family background). And also I would like to know more about the green places which he established (A good start for parks). http://www.whitehat.com.au/Melbourne/People/LaTrobe.asp The State Library I would find the most comprehensive of all, as it has much contemporary material. http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:ugwLTKLNjrEJ:www.statelibrary.vic.gov.au/slv/slvnews/latrobe.pdf+Charles+La+Trobe&hl=en This fleshes out the portrait much more than I could do, at least with some steady research. Of course as Victoria was once part of New South Wales, it might be well to look at New South Wales records as well, as with this site here: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/publications/federation/illustrations.htm (That's copyright the Government too, this time that of New South Wales). EuropracBHIT 12:29, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

La Trobe or Latrobe?[edit]

Which is correct? The article uses La Trobe consistently for his name, but says that his father's name was Latrobe. Places named after him in Victoria seem to vary between the two spellings. HiLo48 (talk) 02:51, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weird photo[edit]

Why is the statue of La Trobe up side down. It is almost certainly a photoshop joke. I think I have seen that statue, and it is the right way up. Rohan 6/9/14 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.213.121.200 (talk) 11:21, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. That's definitely not quite right. And it's been there for seven years! I have removed it. HiLo48 (talk) 11:45, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A little further investigation in the light of day has shown me that the upside down statue is real, but it was only in the city location for a short time. The caption on the original photo in Wikimedia Commons says "'Landmark' by Charles Robb, an inverted statue of Charles Joseph Latrobe in Gordon Reserve, Melbourne, Australia (now permanently installed at Latrobe University, Melbourne)" HiLo48 (talk) 23:18, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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