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901267
  • Title
    Captain Thomas Watson, sea captain and surveyor, ca. 1865-1870 / photographer C. Drinkwater
  • Creator
  • Call number
    P1/1918
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    ca. 1865-1870
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    901267
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    1 photographic print - 10.5 x 6.3 cm - carte de visite
    1 p. - 26.6 x 25.5 cm - textual records
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Thomas Watson was born in Deptford in 1795. He married Hannah Hostage in 1818 and arrived in Sydney in 1821. In 1822 he was appointed Superintendent of Macquarie Light House. He was responsible for the statues of James Cook in Liverpool and Hyde Park, Sydney. He died at home in Randwick in 1879.

    Reference:
    Biographical details on a sheet accompanying this portrait from J. A. Thomson, Richmond, N.S.W.

    A detailed record of Captain Watson's life is held at the Genealogical Society, Richmond Villa, York Street, Sydney
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Created before 1955
  • General note

    Transferred from P1/Watson, Capt. Thomas (BM), July 2010
    Digital order no:Album ID : 937343
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    "Capt. Thomas Watson, pilot, harbour master, erected monument to Capt. cook'" -- in ink on the reverse

    Photographer's stamp unreadable
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