William Stanley Sharland b. 1801

Also known as W. S. Sharland
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, surveyor and farmer, William Stanley Sharland claimed the discovery of Lake St Clair on 8 March 1832.
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Name
William Stanley Sharland
Also known as W. S. Sharland
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • copying clerk (ANZSIC code: 6922)
  • farmer (ANZSIC code: 01)
  • surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Birth date
1801
Birth place
Ellesmere, Lake District (Cumbria), England, UK
Death date
23 October 1877
Death place
Tasmania
Burial place
New Norfolk, Tasmania
Active Period
  • 1832 - 1839
Arrival
  • July 1823 (Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania))
Residence
  • New Norfolk, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
  • Hamilton, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
  • Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land , Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: (c.1968), 'William Stanley Sharland', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 2, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Maiden, J.H. (1909), 'Records of Tasmanian botanists', Papers and Proceedings Royal Society of Tasmania, 1909.>]