Miss Margaret Discombe Martin b. c.1 January 1826

  • Artist (Painter)
Female colonial headmistress in Sydney who painted and exhibited oil and watercolour landscapes and copied works by other artists.
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Name
Miss Margaret Discombe Martin
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8102) 1860 - 1885
Birth date
c.1 January 1826
Birth place
Exeter, Devon, England, UK, Exeter, Devon, England, UK?
Birth note
Baptised St Stephen Exeter, 22 Aug 1826. Exact birth date not known. Source:Archive - South West Heritage Trust; Record set - Devon Baptisms
Death date
16 October 1894
Death place
Paignton, Devon, England, UK
Death note
Death Registered at Totnes, Devon. Source: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007, Vol. 5B P. 107
Active Period
  • c.1858 - c.1876
Arrival
  • 1853 (Arrived with family on the Barque Velore from Bristol to Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria. Source: Correspondence from father James Martin en route; 1853054 Pilotage report, Victoria. Unknown at what point family moved from Victoria to Sydney but were in Sydney by 1853.)
Residence
  • c.1851 - c.1853 Bristol, Lower Easton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England ( Source: 1851 England & Wales Census)
  • c.1858 - c.1863 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1863 - 1874 195 Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • 1874 - c.1885 Rosebank Villa, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia (Source: City of Sydney Assessment Books; Sands Directory)
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Residences
  • c.1851 - c.1853 Bristol, Lower Easton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England ( Source: 1851 England & Wales Census)
  • c.1858 - c.1863 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1863 - 1874 195 Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • 1874 - c.1885 Rosebank Villa, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia (Source: City of Sydney Assessment Books; Sands Directory)
  • c.1870 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW
  • c.1858 - c.1876 Sydney, NSW
Other occupations
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8102) 1860 - 1885
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8102)
Arrivals
  • 1853 (Arrived with family on the Barque Velore from Bristol to Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria. Source: Correspondence from father James Martin en route; 1853054 Pilotage report, Victoria. Unknown at what point family moved from Victoria to Sydney but were in Sydney by 1853.)
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