John MacGillivray b. 1821

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Scottish naturalist who made partial sketches to accompany his writings while travelling to Australia, New Guinea, South America and the South Pacific.

Citations

  • Calaby, J. H. (1967), 'John MacGillivray’, Melbourne, Vic : in Australian Dictionary of Biography, (Volume 2), Pike, D. (ed.).

  • Spillett, P. (1972), 'Forsaken Settlement’, Dee Why West, New South Wales.

  • MacGillivray, J. (1866), 'Natural History Notebook’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (B944).

  • MacGillivray, J. (1852), 'Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake’, London, England, UK.

  • MacGillivray, J., 'Voyage of H.M.S. Herald under the command of Capt. H. Denham RN being private journal kept by John MacGillivray naturalist’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (microfilm copy).

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870