Ellis Bent b. 1783

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A sketcher, lawyer and diarist, Ellis Bent's journal, which features sketches of his 1809 journey from England to New South Wales via the Cape of Good Hope, is held by the National Library of Australia.
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sketcher, diarist and lawyer, included sketches of Madiera, Porto Praya and the city and harbour of St Sebastian’s Rio Janeiro in his 'Journal of a voyage from England to the Cape of Good Hope being part of a voyage to New South Wales’, 1809 (National Library of Australia, mss). Buried in North Sydney Cemetery.

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1999
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2011

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