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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Name
Ellis Bent
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Diarist (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Lawyer (ANZSIC code: 6931)
Birth date
1783
Death date
1815
Death place
NSW
Burial place
North Sydney Cemetery, North Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1809
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

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References [<ExternalResource: Bent, Ellis (1809), 'Journal of a voyage from England to the Cape of Good Hope being part of a voyage to New South Wales', mss (National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT), Illustrated.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : V18153475 2B/1815'.>, <ExternalResource: Currey, C. H. (1966), 'Bent, Ellis (1783 - 1815)', Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, pp 87-92.>] [<ExternalResource: Bent, Ellis (1809), 'Journal of a voyage from England to the Cape of Good Hope being part of a voyage to New South Wales', mss (National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT), Illustrated.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : V18153475 2B/1815'.>]