Samuel Jackson b. 1807

  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Colonial era sketcher, architect, builder and pastoralist, he established Melbourne's first private architectural practice, and in 1841 drew an enormous 'PANORAMIC Sketch of MELBOURNE Port Phillip...' that the Victorian government later commissioned a scene-painter to adorn the Melbourne Exhibition Building with.
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Name
Samuel Jackson
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Architect (ANZSIC code: 6921)
  • Pastoralist (ANZSIC code: 01)
  • Builder (ANZSIC code: 30)
  • Sheep farmer (ANZSIC code: 0141)
Birth date
1807
Birth place
London, England, UK
Death date
7 May 1876
Death place
Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK
Burial place
Highgate Cemetery, London, England, UK
Arrival
  • 7 August 1829 (Arrived Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, aboard the 'Lion'.)
Residence
  • 1862 - May 1876 England, UK
  • 1835 - 1862 Victoria
  • 1829 - 1835 Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, (Tas.)
  • c.1807 - c.1829 England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Jackson, P. (1967), 'Samuel Jackson', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Pike, Douglas (ed.), Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1981), 'The Heritage of Australia', Australian Heritage Commission, South Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (c.1984), 'Historical Records of Victoria', Foundation Series, vol. 3, Cannon, M. (ed.).>, <ExternalResource: Colligan, M. (1987), 'Canvas and wax: Images of information in Australian panoramas and waxworks', Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) thesis, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Tibbits, G., et al., 'Directory of Victorian architects', University of Melbourne manuscript, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1984), 'The Early Development of Melbourne 1836-1839', Melbourne, Vic.; Cannon, M. (ed.).>]