Early Life, Family and Training John Eldershaw enters the world on 6 December 1891 in Randwick, New South Wales. He is the second of four children born to Mary Ann, née Brown, and Philip Eld Eldershaw, who serves as a Clerk of Petty Sessions and Chamber Magistrate. The household is one of structured civic duty, shaped by the legal and administrative presence of his father. The trajectory of his creative development leads him away from the coast of New South Wales toward the technical rigor of London. There, he studies lithography at the Central School for Arts and Crafts. This formal trainin…