Major Sir Thomas Mitchell

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Major_Sir_Thomas_Mitchell

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:appointedBy	Surveyor General of New South Wales in 1828
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Royal_Geographical_Society_Founder's_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate	1792
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Craigend,_Scotland
gptkbp:burialPlace	Camperdown Cemetery, Sydney
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Alice_Mitchell gptkb:Campbell_Mitchell gptkb:Darvall_Mitchell gptkb:Lavinia_Mitchell gptkb:Richard_Mitchell gptkb:Thomas_Livingstone_Mitchell
gptkbp:deathDate	1855
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Sydney,_New_South_Wales,_Australia
gptkbp:education	trained as a surveyor in Scotland
gptkbp:explores	gptkb:Darling_River gptkb:New_South_Wales gptkb:Queensland gptkb:Barwon_River gptkb:Bogan_River gptkb:Lachlan_River gptkb:Murrumbidgee_River gptkb:Victoria_(Australia) Tropical Australia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Major Sir Thomas Mitchell
gptkbp:knighted	gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkbp:knownFor	expeditions into the interior of Australia mapping large areas of eastern Australia
gptkbp:legacy	Mitchell College named after him Mitchell Falls named after him Mitchell Grass Downs named after him Mitchell Highway named after him Mitchell Plateau named after him Mitchell River named after him
gptkbp:militaryRank	gptkb:Major
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableFor	exploration of Australia
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:explorer cartographer surveyor
gptkbp:parent	gptkb:John_Mitchell gptkb:Janet_Wilson
gptkbp:publishedWork	gptkb:Three_Expeditions_into_the_Interior_of_Eastern_Australia Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
gptkbp:servedIn	gptkb:British_Army gptkb:Peninsular_War
gptkbp:signature	Thomas Livingstone Mitchell signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Mary_Blunt
gptkbp:title	gptkb:Surveyor_General_of_New_South_Wales
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Major_Mitchell’s_Cockatoo gptkb:Major_Mitchell's_Cockatoo gptkb:Major_Mitchell's_cockatoo
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7