Pre-Felton works bequeathed by Bromby:
* Koekkoek Unlading Fishing Smacks {1889} Loc? [PA]
* Raphael [attrib.] Head of St John {1889} Loc? [PA]
Unknown (17C Italian?) after Reni Repentance of St Peter {1889} NGV [PA]
After an earlier career as both clergyman and teacher, Bromby migrated to Melbourne in 1857 to become the first headmaster of Melbourne Grammar School, a position he held until he retired in 1874. He was elected a canon of St Paul’s Cathedral in 1879.
Refs.
Manning Clark’s fine biography of Bromby appears in ADB vol.3 (1969), available online as http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bromby-john-edward-3063