Joseph Anderson Panton b. 2 June 1831

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Joseph Anderson Panton was a painter, etcher and police magistrate. He mapped the Yarra Valley while he was magistrate at Heidelberg. Panton Hill is named after him and Panton's Gap, near Healesville, after a hut he owned there.
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Name
Joseph Anderson Panton
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Senior police commissioner (ANZSIC code: 7711) (Senior police commissioner 1854, Bendigo, VIC)
  • assistant police commissioner (ANZSIC code: 7711) (assistant police commissioner 1852, Bendigo, VIC)
  • Senior police magistrate (ANZSIC code: 7540) (Senior police magistrate 1874, Melbourne, VIC)
Birth date
2 June 1831
Birth place
Knockiemil, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Death date
25 October 1913
Death place
St Kilda, Melbourne, VIC
Active Period
  • c.1854 - c.1892
Arrival
  • March 1851 (Sydney, ship: Thomas Arbuthnot)
Residence
  • c.1897 Northern Territory, NT
  • 1874 - 1913 Melbourne, VIC
  • c.1860 - c.1874 Regional VIC
  • 1858 - 1860 Paris, France
  • 1852 - 1858 Bendigo, VIC
  • c.1831 - c.1850 Scotland, UK
Training
  • Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Scottish Naval and Military Academy, Scotland, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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