George Tobin b. 13 December 1768

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Naval officer and natural history painter who sketched on various voyages, including Captain William Bligh's voyage to Van Diemen's Land. Tobin became the first European to record the echidna or spiny anteater.
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associate of
William Bligh
1754
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Sydney Parkinson
1745
Artist (Painter)
child of
James Tobin
Other occupation
child of
née Webb Elizabeth Tobin
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spouse of
Dorothy Skelly
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References [<ExternalResource: Whitley, G.P (1932), 'George Tobin, a neglected naturalist', Australian Museum Magazine 5/2.>, <ExternalResource: Finney, C. M. (1984), 'To Sail beyond the Sunset', Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Stanbury, P.; & Phipps, G. (1980), 'Australia's Animals Discovered', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Whitley, G.P (1975), 'More Early History of Australian Zoology', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: 'G. Tobin to Captain Bond, Letter 15 December 1817', Sydney, NSW : State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library (manuscript Ab60: copy).>, <ExternalResource: Rienits, R.; & Rienits, T. (1963), 'Early Artists of Australia', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lennon, J.>]