William Thomas b. 1791

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A sketcher who during the 1840s worked as a protector of Aborigines, who form the subject of his work.
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Name
William Thomas
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Assistant protector of Aborigines (ANZSIC code: 75)
  • Schoolmaster (ANZSIC code: 802)
Birth date
1791
Birth place
London, England, UK
Death date
1 December 1867
Death place
Victoria, Vic
Active Period
  • 1840 - 1843
Arrival
  • 1839
Residence
  • 1840 - 1849 Narre Warren, Dandenong, Melbourne, Victoria
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Bride, T.F. (1898), 'Letters from Victorian Pioneers', Melbourne, Vic : (new edn 1983).>, <ExternalResource: (1982), 'Historical Records of Victoria', Melbourne, Vic : The Aborigines of Port Phillip 1835-1839, [Cannon M. (ed.)], vol. 2a.>, <ExternalResource: Presland, G. (1985), 'The Land of the Kulin: Discovering the Lost Landscape and the First People of Port Phillip', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1983), 'Historical Records of Victoria', Melbourne, Vic : Aborigines and Protectors, [Cannon, M. (ed.)], vol. 2b.>, <ExternalResource: Brough Smith, R. (1878), 'The Aborigines of Victoria and Other Parts of Australia', Melbourne, Vic.>]