Thomas Gregson b. 1798

Also known as Thomas George Gregson
  • Artist (Painter)
Watercolour painter and politician, settled in Risdon Cove which was the site of the foundation of European settlement in Van Diemen's Land. Gregson launched his own newspaper, the 'Colonist' ('the Journal of the People'), in 1832.
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Citations

  • Green, F. (1966), 'Thomas George Gregson’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 1, Melbourne University Press, Victoria.

  • Bennett, S. and Bennett, B. (1980), 'Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament 1851-1960’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Mahood, M. (1973), 'The Loaded Line: Australian Political Caricature 1788-1901’, Melbourne, Victoria.

Initial data sources

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

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Related collections
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS (collected in)
  • National Trust, TAS (collected in)
  • Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS (collected in)
  • National Trust, TAS (collected in)
  • Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)