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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2026-06-23 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-06-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P008077b.htm person Gilks Edward AACR2 1822 1897 Place of Birth London, United Kingdom Place of Death Wandsworth, United Kingdom Lithographer Engraver Edward Gilks was a lithographer who, before coming to Victoria in 1853, taught art privately and at the City of London Mechanics Institute. On arrival in Melbourne, he and his wife quickly immersed themselves in the local artistic community: they attended the first meeting of the Victorian Fine Arts Society. Gilks was best known for his lithographs, engravings and drawings of significant buildings and events in Melbourne. For three years from 1855 he was a lithographic draftsman with the Victorian Department of Crown Lands. Resigning in 1858 to establish his own business, he found it difficult to make a living. After several proceedings for bankruptcy he returned to the United Kingdom in 1869. Between 1861 and 1863 Gilks was commissioned to produce lithographs for the Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria (1885 - 1890), being prepared by Frederick McCoy, Professor of Natural History at the University of Melbourne. Gilks's plates included the only snake in the volume, the Red-bellied Black Snake, and Bryozoa illustrated by Paul McGillivray. 1853 1853 Life event - Migrated to Victoria 1854 1854 Award - Won prize for lithography, Melbourne Exhibition 1855 1858 Career position - Lithographic draftsman, Victorian Surveyor General's Department (later Department of Crown Lands and Survey) 1858 1858 Career event - Established his own business in Melbourne 1869 1869 Life event - Returned to the United Kingdom Victorian Surveyor-General's Department, Colony of Victoria (1851 - 1857)

Lithographic draftsman 1855 - 1858

 MacGillivray, Paul Howard (1834 - 1895)

Lithographed McGillivray's illustrations of Bryozoa for Frederick McCoy's Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria

 McCoy, Frederick (1817 - 1899)

Commissioned to produce lithographs for his Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria

 'Gilks, Edward', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, History of Australian Science Research Group Gilks, Edward Swinburne University of Technology, Office of the Chief Scientist Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria, or, figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victorian indigenous animals McCoy, Frederick Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria, or, figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victorian indigenous animals Melbourne Government Printer 1885-1890 Resource: McCoy's zoology of Victoria: the artists Museums Victoria McCoy's zoology of Victoria: the artists Carlton Museum Victoria 2026