George Bennett b. 31 January 1804

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
After two previous trips to Australia as a natural historian, George Bennett finally settled in Sydney in 1836 and worked as a medical practitioner. He maintained his interest in natural history however and became intimately involved with the Australian Museum, eventually as its Museum Director and Curator.
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Citations

  • Bennett, George (1854), 'Ornithorhynchus paradoxus or Water Mole’, Illustrated Sydney News, 04-01, An abstract from the 1853 Transactions of the Zoological Society.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Other occupations
  • Natural historian (ANZSIC code: 6910)
  • Museum curator and director (ANZSIC code: 8910)
  • Medical practitioner (ANZSIC code: 8511)
  • Natural historian
  • Museum curator and director (ANZSIC code: 8910)
  • Medical practitioner (ANZSIC code: 8511)