John Septimus Roe b. 8 May 1797

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
John Septimus Roe was sketcher, surveyor and naval officer. Together with Captain J.G. Bremer they established a settlement and took possession of the northern coast of Australia in 1824.
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Citations

  • Uren, M. (1967), 'John Septimus Roe’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 2, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Mercer, F. (1962), 'Amazing Career: The Story of Western Australia’s First Surveyor-General’, Perth, Western Australia.

  • Jackson, J. L. Burton (1982), 'Not an Idle Man: A Biography of John Septimus Roe…’, West Swan, Western Australia.

Initial data sources

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

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