Thomas Fewson b. 27 August 1797

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Captain Fewson's watercolour view of Kangaroo Island (1837) is the earliest surviving visual record of the first South Australian settlers' inhospitable landing place.
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Citations

  • Wilson, S.C. and Borrow, K.T. (1973), 'The Bridge over the Ocean’, Adelaide, SA.

  • Fewson, T. (1857), 'Memorandum of a Few Items of Thomas Fewson’s Life’, Launceston, Tasmania.

Initial data sources

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

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Other occupations
  • Ship's master (ANZSIC code: 48)
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
  • Ship's master (ANZSIC code: 48)
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Arrivals
  • 1829
  • 1829
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