William Dexter

1817 - 1860

"...Dexter arrived at Sydney aboard the Bank of England on 8 October 1852. He taught for a time at Lyndhurst College, Glebe, but by mid 1853 was at the Bendigo diggings taking part in the demonstrations against the exorbitant fee for a miner’s licence. He was on the miners’ committee and designed the Bendigo 'Diggers’ Banner’..."

Extract: Michael Watson, Design and Art Australia Online, 1992
For full article and biographical information, refer to DAAO entry