Tulloch, David
David Tulloch (1829 - September 17, 1869) was a Scottish-Australian engraver active in Melbourne in the mid-19th century. Tulloch emigrated from Greenock, Scotland, to Melbourne, Australia in January of 1849. It was initially employed by Thomas Harn, publisher of Harn's Illustrated Australian Magazine. In 1851, Tulloch followed prospectors to the 'gold diggings', producing some of the first on-site illustrations of the Victoria Gold Rush. In November of 1851, Tulloch established his own printing and lithography firm in Melbourne. Two years later, in 1853, he brought the map and line engraver James Davie Brown into the business. The duo produced several views and maps, receiving awards at the Victoria Industrial Exhibitions, but nonetheless dissolved their arrangement in 1856. Afterwards Tulloch fell into hard times. During his period, he produced several on-demand engravings for various Australia firms, including De Gruchy and Leigh, Fergusson and Mitchell, and Whitehead and Co. In 1859, he engraved vignettes for Frederick Proeschel's important map of Victoria In 1860, he was briefly employed by the Victoria Geological Survey, creating lithographic hachures. He filed for bankruptcy in 1861, but nothing seems to have come from it. From 1864 to 1866 he appeared in Melbourne directories as an engraver based at 91 Cecil Street, Emerald Hill (South Melbourne). On September 17, 1869, Tulloch died of pulmonary tuberculosis.
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