Thomas Scott b. 1800

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher and surveyor. Scott made numerous surveying expeditions throughout Tasmania, laid out the town of Bothwell and published a chart of Tasmania.
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Name
Thomas Scott
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Assistant government surveyor
  • Superintendent of government stock
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Birth date
1800
Birth place
Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Death date
1855
Death place
Earlston, Scotland, UK
Active Period
  • c.1821 - c.1853
Arrival
  • 27 November 1820
Residence
  • Tasmania
  • 1836 - 1855 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: Crawford, G.H. (1967), 'Thomas Scott', Melbourne, Vic : in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press.>, <ExternalResource: von Stieglitz, K.R. (ed.) (1966), 'Sketches in Early Van Diemen's Land by Thomas Scott', Hobart, Tas.>, <ExternalResource: '[James Reid Scott Papers]', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: 'Sketches and plans: 1820 and following years', Sydney, NSW : Thomas Scott Papers, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Ross, James (ed.) (1830), 'Recollections of a short excursion to Lake Echo in March 1823', Hobart Town, Tasmania : Hobart Town Almanack.>, <ExternalResource: Mulligan (1866), 'List of words in use by the Oyster Bay Tribe of Aborigines', in Dialects of Aboriginal Tribes of Tasmania.>]