Person

Sweatman, John (1825 - ?)

Born
16 July 1825
Marylebone, London, England
Occupation
Artist and Surveyor

Summary

John Sweatman was a surveyor on the HMS Bramble voyage to north east Australia, New Guinea, Port Essington and Timor (1842-1847). The Mitchell Library holds notes and manuscripts relating to this journey.

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Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • John Sweatman - Records, 1842 - 1847, A 1725; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Books

  • McKenna, Mark, From the edge: Australia's lost histories (Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press (University of Melbourne Publishing Ltd), 2016), xx, 251 pp. See pages: 84-85, 90-91, 93. Details

Edited Books

  • Allen, Jim; and Corris, Peter eds, The journal of John Sweatman: a nineteenth century surveying voyage in North Australia and Torres Strait (St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1977), 208 pp. Details

Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

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