Sir Thomas Mitchell b. 15 June 1792

Also known as Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, surveyor and military officer. A resident of Sydney, he made topographical sketches and surveys and painted portraits.
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Name
Sir Thomas Mitchell
Also known as Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Inventor (ANZSIC code: 6910)
  • Politician (ANZSIC code: 75)
  • Translator (ANZSIC code: 6999)
  • Poet (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Military officer (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Birth date
15 June 1792
Birth place
Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
Death date
5 October 1855
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Burial place
Camperdown Cemetery (now the churchyard of St Stephen's, Newtown, NSW).
Active Period
  • c.1800 - c.1848
Arrival
  • 1827
Residence
  • c.1827 - c.1841 Craigend, Woolloomooloo Hill, Sydney, NSW
  • c.1841 - c.1855 Parkhall, NSW (Near Douglas Park. )
  • c.1841 - c.1855 'Carthona', Darling Point, Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Grangemouth Primary School, Scotland, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Mitchell, Thomas Livingstone (1838), 'Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia'.>, <ExternalResource: Wyld, J. (1841), 'Maps and Plans of the Principal ... Battles ... during the War from 1808 to 1814'.>, <ExternalResource: Finlayson, B. (October 1984), 'Sir Thomas Mitchell and Lake Salvator: An essay in ecological history', Historical Studies, Volume 21, .>, <ExternalResource: Baker, D.W.A. (1967), 'Thomas Livingstone Mitchell', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Audley, G. (1866), 'The Public Surveys of New South Wales', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Cumpston, J. (1954), 'Thomas Mitchell', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Foster, W.C. (1985), 'Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell and his World 1792-1855', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, J. & Broadbent, J. (1980), 'Gothick Taste in the Colony of New South Wales', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: 'Historical Records of Australia', Series 1, vols 13-26.>, <ExternalResource: (1854), 'Votes and Proceedings of the New South Wales Legislative Council', Volume 2.>, <ExternalResource: Couch, B.V. (1963), 'The administration of Thomas Mitchell 1826-37. A study of the man and his contemporaries', MA thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: 'Mitchell Papers', Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: 'Murray Papers', National Library, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.>, <ExternalResource: (1858), 'Votes and Proceedings of the New South Wales Legislative Council', Volume 2, 1858-1859.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Newton, Gael.>, <ExternalResource: Mitchell, Thomas Livingstone (1848), Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia.>] [<ExternalResource: Mitchell, Thomas Livingstone (1838), 'Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia'.>, <ExternalResource: Wyld, J. (1841), 'Maps and Plans of the Principal ... Battles ... during the War from 1808 to 1814'.>, <ExternalResource: Finlayson, B. (October 1984), 'Sir Thomas Mitchell and Lake Salvator: An essay in ecological history', Historical Studies, Volume 21, .>]