Captain Phillip Parker King b. 13 December 1791

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Phillip Parker King,an explorer, surveyor and sketcher, was commander of an expedition to explore the coast of New Holland. His journals, sketches and charts appeared in a number of publications. His sketchbooks and other works are held in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.
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Name
Captain Phillip Parker King
Gender
Unspecified
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Rear Admiral (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Captain (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Birth date
13 December 1791
Birth place
Norfolk Island, Australia, Norfolk Island, NSW
Death date
26 February 1856
Active Period
  • 1804 - 1855
Residence
  • c.1832 - c.1856 New South Wales
  • c.1823 - c.1832 England, UK (Includes a period with the Royal Navy 1826/1830 working on the South American Survey. )
  • 1817 - 1823 New South Wales
  • 1796 - 1817 England, UK (Includes a period with the Royal Navy 1807/1817 )
  • 1791 - 1796 Norfolk Island, Australia, Norfolk Island, NSW
Languages
  • English
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  • DAA with additions

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References [<ExternalResource: 'Phillip Parker King', Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vols 1-6, Melbourne 1966-1976.>, <ExternalResource: Chapman, B. (1979), 'The Colonial Eye', Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA.>, <ExternalResource: Mander-Jones, P. (1972), 'Manuscripts in the British Isles Relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: O'Byrne, W. (1849), 'A Naval Biographical Dictionary', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: King, P.G. (the younger), 'Memoirs of Governor King Admiral King and an autobiography [ms C770]', Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Robert FitzRoy and Phillip Parker King (1839), 'Proceedings of the First Expedition under the Command of Capt. P. Parker King', London.>, <ExternalResource: King, Philip Parker (1827), '(journals, sketches, charts)', England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: 'Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the Years 1826 and 1838 Describing their Examination of the Southern Shores of South America and the Beagle's Circumnavigation of the Globe', England . U.K. (two volumes).>]