William Augustus Miles b. 1798

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, natural historian, commissioner of police and police magistrate, was almost certainly a bastard son of the future King William IV. He made pen and wash drawings around NSW.
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Name
William Augustus Miles
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Police magistrate (ANZSIC code: 7540)
  • Commissioner of police (ANZSIC code: 7711)
  • Natural historian (ANZSIC code: 6910)
Birth date
1798
Death date
25 April 1851
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Burial place
Camperdown Cemetery, Camperdown, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1840 - c.1849
Arrival
  • 1840
Residence
  • England, UK
  • 1850 - 1851 Cleveland Street, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: King, H. (1967), 'William Augustus Miles', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Angas, G.F. (1847), 'Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand', London, England, UK (London, 1847: facsimile edn 1969).>, <ExternalResource: Rees, T.G., 'Historic Camperdown: St. Stephen's Newtown', (not dated).>, <ExternalResource: 'Mitchell Papers', Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (ML PA 299).>, <ExternalResource: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (manuscript A610).>]