Sir Thomas Mitchell

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Sir Thomas Mitchell was a 19th-century Scottish-born explorer and Surveyor General of New South Wales, renowned for his extensive mapping and exploration of inland Australia.

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Sir Thomas Mitchell canonical 3
Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cartographer
explorer
public servant
surveyor
birthCountry Scotland
birthDate 1792-06-15
birthPlace Grangemouth
burialPlace Sydney
causeOfDeath illness
continentOfActivity Australia
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
countryOfOrigin Scotland
deathDate 1855-10-05
educatedAt Royal Military College, Sandhurst
employer Government of New South Wales
era 19th century
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Mitchell
fieldOfWork cartography
exploration of inland Australia
surveying
fullName Sir Thomas Mitchell self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
gender male
givenName Thomas
hasTitle Surveyor General
honorificPrefix Sir
knownFor detailed surveys and maps of New South Wales
overland expeditions into the Australian interior
languageSpoken English
militaryService British Army
nationality Scottish-born
notableFor expeditions in New South Wales
exploration of eastern Australia
exploration of the Darling River region
exploration of the Murray–Darling basin
exploration of the interior of Australia
extensive mapping of inland Australia
notableWork maps of eastern Australia
surveys of New South Wales
occupation Surveyor-General’s Department of New South Wales
surface form: Surveyor General of New South Wales

explorer
participatedIn Peninsular War
positionHeld Surveyor-General’s Department of New South Wales
surface form: Surveyor General of New South Wales
receivedTitle knighthood
regionOfActivity eastern Australia
inland Australia
residence New South Wales
workLocation New South Wales
Sydney

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Mitchell Highway namedAfter Sir Thomas Mitchell
Aberdeen Grammar School hasNotableAlumnus Sir Thomas Mitchell
Sir Thomas Mitchell fullName Sir Thomas Mitchell self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
Mitchell namedAfter Sir Thomas Mitchell
subject surface form: Mitchell, Queensland