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Latitude
55
Longitude
-3
Start Date
1828-01-01
End Date
1828-01-01

Description

Sources

ID
tba7b3

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/thomas-maiers
Birth Place
UK, UK?
Biography
portrait painter, arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia, in the Sea Park on 28 March 1854, having been convicted in London of larceny. He received a ticket-of-leave on arrival and set up as a portrait painter. In 1855 he received permission to marry, by which date he was himself employing a ticket-of-leave man. The next year he was granted a conditional pardon. Maiers worked in the Perth district but no examples of his work have been identified. This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1992 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 1828
Summary
Colonial convict male artist who was successful enough as a portrait painter to earn a pardon, but it is hard to tell if he was better at art than larceny because there are no identified examples of his work.
Gender
Male
Died
None listed
Age at death
None listed