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Glover Country Timeline (1767 - 1849)
1767: On February 18, Glover was born in Houghton,England.
1737 -1776: Glover was a contemporary of fellow English Romantic landscape painter John Constable.
1775-1851: Glover was also a contemporary of fellow of another British Romantic landscape painter JMW Turner.
1831: On February 18, Glover arrived in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), which also happened to be his 64th birthday.
1831: Glover applied for a land grant for Patterdale and Nile River, at Deddington.
1832: The homestead at Patterdale was built and ready for occupancy for John and Sarah Glover.
1849: On December 9, Glover died at the age of 82 and was buried at Nile Chapel, at Deddington which was built on land that neighbor Robert Pitcairn donated.
1920s Famous Australian Impressionist artist Tom Roberts named the plains and hills where Glover once lived as “Glover Country”.
1920s: Due to the rushed construction of Patterdale, the insufficiently strong footings led to the front wall becoming unstable and collapsing.
2003: The John Glover Society Inc. was established in Evandale, Tasmania, to highlight and protect the works and heritage of John Glover.
2004: One of Australia’s most prestigious art prizes for landscape art ‘Glover Prize’ was launched in conjunction with the Glover Concert.
2015: Local residents Carol and Rodney Westmore took on the task of restoring Glover’s homestead to its former glory.
2015: Conservation Management Plan was prepared by heritage architect Graeme Corney, with some early input from architectural historian Clive Lucas.
2016: The restoration of John Glover’s homestead commenced.
2016: The Westmore’s received a grant from the Infrastructure and Jobs Fund from the Federal Department of Industry and State Government. These funds will make it possible to rebuild John Glover’s Exhibition Room following the restoration of the house.