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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Citations

  • King, H. (1967), 'William Augustus Miles’, in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Angas, G.F. (1847), 'Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand’, London, England, UK (London, 1847: facsimile edn 1969).

  • Rees, T.G., 'Historic Camperdown: St. Stephen’s Newtown’, (not dated).

  • 'Mitchell Papers’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (ML PA 299).

  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (manuscript A610).

Initial data sources

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

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