Sir Thomas Mitchell b. 15 June 1792

Also known as Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, surveyor and military officer. A resident of Sydney, he made topographical sketches and surveys and painted portraits.
Name
Sir Thomas Mitchell
Also known as Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Inventor (ANZSIC code: 6910)
  • Politician (ANZSIC code: 75)
  • Translator (ANZSIC code: 6999)
  • Poet (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Military officer (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Birth date
15 June 1792
Birth place
Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
Death date
5 October 1855
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Burial place
Camperdown Cemetery (now the churchyard of St Stephen's, Newtown, NSW).
Active Period
  • c.1800 - c.1848
Arrival
  • 1827
Residence
  • c.1827 - c.1841 Craigend, Woolloomooloo Hill, Sydney, NSW
  • c.1841 - c.1855 Parkhall, NSW (Near Douglas Park. )
  • c.1841 - c.1855 'Carthona', Darling Point, Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Grangemouth Primary School, Scotland, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870