David Burton

Also known as Port Jackson Painter
  • Artist (Photographer)
Sketcher, natural historian and superintendent of convicts, came to New South Wales on board the Gorgon in September 1790.
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Name
David Burton
Also known as Port Jackson Painter
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • superintendent of convicts (ANZSIC code: 75)
  • natural historian (ANZSIC code: 6910)
Death date
13 April 1792
Death place
Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
Arrival
  • 1790 (on Gorgon in September 1790 in NSW)
Residence
  • September 1790 - 13 April 1792 New South Wales
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Gray, A.J. (1966), 'Australian Dictionary of Biography', Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Collins, D. (1798), 'An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales', London.>, <ExternalResource: Finney, C. (1984), 'To Sail beyond the Sunset: Natural History in Australia 1699 1829', Adelaide.>, <ExternalResource: Smith, B. & .Wheeler, A. (eds) (1988), 'The Art of the First Fleet', Melbourne.>]