Augustus Theodore Alt b. c.1734

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A surveyor and sketcher, whose view of Early Sydney in 1796 is in the collection of the National Library of Australia in Canberra.
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Name
Augustus Theodore Alt
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Birth date
c.1734
Birth place
London, England, UK, London, England, UK, or Hesse-Cassel, Germany.
Birth note
Place uncertain
Death date
9 January 1815
Death place
Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1788 - c.1801
Arrival
  • 26 January 1788
Cultural Heritage
  • English
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

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References [<ExternalResource: Kass, Terry (2008), 'Sails to Satellites: The Surveyors General of NSW (1786-2007)', Bathurst NSW: NSW Department of Lands.>, <ExternalResource: Johnson, Paul-Alan (28 February 2011) 'Information sourced from'.>, <ExternalResource: Johnson, Paul-Alan (2008), '‘The Planning and Patriarchy of Surveyor-General Augustus Alt’', Ashfield, NSW: Ashfield and District Historical Society.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Proudfoot , Peter.>, <ExternalResource: McCormick, Tim (et al.; foreword by Bernard Smith) (1987), 'First Views of Australia 1788-1825 : a history of early Sydney', Chippendale, NSW : David Ell Press ; in association with Longueville Publications.>, <ExternalResource: Dowd, Bernard T. (1966), 'Alt, Augustus Theodore Henry (1731 - 1815)', Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, pp 11-12.>] [<ExternalResource: Kass, Terry (2008), 'Sails to Satellites: The Surveyors General of NSW (1786-2007)', Bathurst NSW: NSW Department of Lands.>, <ExternalResource: Johnson, Paul-Alan (28 February 2011) 'Information sourced from'.>, <ExternalResource: Johnson, Paul-Alan (2008), '‘The Planning and Patriarchy of Surveyor-General Augustus Alt’', Ashfield, NSW: Ashfield and District Historical Society.>]