Miss Margaret Discombe Martin b. c.1 January 1826

  • Artist (Painter)
Female colonial headmistress in Sydney who painted and exhibited oil and watercolour landscapes and copied works by other artists.
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Name
Miss Margaret Discombe Martin
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8102) 1860 - 1885
Birth date
c.1 January 1826
Birth place
Exeter, Devon, England, UK
Birth note
Baptised St Stephen Exeter, 22 Aug 1826. Exact birth date not known. Source:Archive - South West Heritage Trust; Record set - Devon Baptisms
Death date
16 October 1894
Death place
Paignton, Devon, England, UK
Death note
Death Registered at Totnes, Devon. Source: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007, Vol. 5B P. 107
Active Period
  • c.1858 - c.1876
Arrival
  • 1853 (Arrived with family on the Barque Velore from Bristol to Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria. Source: Newspaper reports/correspondence from father James Martin en route; 1853-54 Pilotage report, Victoria. Was living in Sydney by July 1853 when father was employed at Central Police Office.)
Residence
  • c.1851 - c.1853 Bristol, Lower Easton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England ( Source: 1851 England & Wales Census)
  • c.1858 - c.1863 412 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • c.1863 - 1874 195 Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • 1874 - c.1885 Rosebank Villa, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia (Source: City of Sydney Assessment Books; Sands Directory)
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870