John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley b. c.1785

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, engraver (?), surveyor and explorer. Oxley's 'Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales' (London 1820) are the first published descriptions of the Australian interior, but the illustrations are mainly by his associates, Evans and Lewin.
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associate of
George William Evans
1780
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
John William Lewin
1770
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Elizabeth Macarthur
1840
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
J. S. Prout
Other occupation
child of
Isabella Oxley
Other occupation
spouse of
née Norton Emma Oxley
Other occupation
associate of
Allan Cunningham
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relative of
Charlotte Thorpe
Other occupation
relative of
Elizabeth Marnon
Other occupation
associate of
Jacques Etienne Victor Arago
1785
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Bowen Bungaree
1785
Artist (Draughtsman)
Surveyor General of NSW
associate of
Thomas Florance
1785
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Robert Hoddle
1785
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Thomas William Parr
1785
Artist (Draughtsman)

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References [<ExternalResource: Dunlop, E.W. (1967), 'John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Millar, A. (c.1986), 'I see no end to travelling: Journals of Australian Explorers 1813-76', Kensington, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lennon, J.>, <ExternalResource: 'John Oxley Papers', Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (manuscript A5322 1).>, <ExternalResource: Oxley, John Joseph William Molesworth (1820), 'Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales', London, England, UK.>]