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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See also

  • 'DAA p. 518, M.Martin, Christ Church, Sydney, 1858, watercolour, 23.3 x 33.2 cm. Mitchell Library.'.

Initial data sources

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

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Arrivals
  • 1853 (Arrived with family on the Barque Velore from Bristol to Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria. Source: Newspaper reports/correspondence from father James Martin en route; 1853-54 Pilotage report, Victoria. Was living in Sydney by July 1853 when father was employed at Central Police Office.)
  • 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.)