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Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (15 June 1792 – 5 October 1855), often called Major Mitchell, was a Scottish surveyor and explorer of Southeastern Australia. He was born in Scotland and served in the British Army during the Peninsular War .
Jun 11, 2024 · Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (born June 15, 1792, Craigend, Stirlingshire, Scot.—died Oct. 5, 1855, Sydney, N.S.W. [Australia]) was the surveyor general of New South Wales who explored and surveyed widely in Australia. As a soldier in the Peninsular War in Spain (1811–14), Mitchell worked in topographical intelligence. He became a major ...
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Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (1792–1855) Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (1792-1855), surveyor-general, was born on 15 June 1792 at Grangemouth, Scotland, the son of John Mitchell and his wife Janet, née Wilson. Though poor he was sufficiently educated to read widely in several languages and be proficient in several sciences.
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Born in Scotland on 15 June 1792, Mitchell joined the army in 1811. In the Napoleonic Wars his surveying skill was noted and he produced plans of the major battlefields on the Iberian Peninsula. Sir Thomas Mitchell embarked four expeditions, collected specimens of extinct bandicoot and was knighted in 1839 for contribution to the surveying of ...
Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell was Surveyor-General of New South Wales from 1828 to his death in 1855. A larger-than-life character whose passions included the study of fossils, poetry and the mechanical and scientific arts, Mitchell looms large in Australian colonial history.
Mitchell was born on June 15, 1792, in Craigend, Stirlingshire, Scotland. From 1811 to 1814 he served in the British army during the Peninsular War in Spain. He saw battle but mostly worked as a surveyor, performing topographic surveys for military intelligence purposes. In 1814 he was chosen to make plans of the war’s battlefields.
Part of Mitchell's route (from Forbes to Wentworth, thence to Swan Hill) on his third expedition in the following year is shown also VII Map showing part of Mitchell's journey into "Australia Felix": from Swan Hill to Mt. Arapiles VIII Map showing Mitchell's entry into the Glenelg River region and the beginning of his return journey on the third expedition IX Map showing the last stage of the ...
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