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Gordon Augustus Thomson

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Latitude
54.8647255
Longitude
-6.143637911
Start Date
1799-01-01
End Date
1799-01-01

Description

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ID
tba98c

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/gordon-augustus-thomson
Birth Place
County Antrim, Ireland
Biography
sketcher, was born in County Antrim of a wealthy Northern Irish family and he remained an idle gentleman all his life – a rare and normally transitory species in early colonial Australia. Thomson was no exception. After visiting Victoria in the late 1830s, he returned home with two Aboriginal clubs, a map of Port Phillip and two watercolour sketches he had drawn on his visit. He donated them to the Ulster Museum in 1843. One sketch is labelled Travelling at Port Phillip, July 12th 1836 ; the other is a portrait of William Buckley, the 'wild white man’ convict who lived with the Port Phillip Aborigines for thirty-two years until July 1835 and who was still a curiosity when employed as an interpreter for John Batman in 1836. Three etchings of Aborigines by Benjamin Duterrau are also in the collection. This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1992 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 1799
Summary
An 'idle gentleman' from Northern Ireland who made two watercolour sketches during a visit to Victoria in the late 1830s.
Gender
Male
Died
1886
Age at death
87