John Hunter b. 1737

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Colonial NSW Governor, as well as watercolourist, sketcher, and naval officer. One of his drawings was the basis for the first published illustration of a wombat, his sketch made in 1798 being engraved in London in 1800 by Thomas Bewick for Bewick's 'A General History of Quadrupeds'.
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  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
  • National Library of Austalia, Canberra, ACT
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

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