biography
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Mitchell, Sir Thomas Livingstone
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| male
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| lived:
| (1792–1855)
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| biography:
| Explorer, born in Craigend, Renfrewshire, W Scotland, UK. After service in the Peninsular War, from 1828 he became surveyor-general of New South Wales. In four expeditions (1831, 1835, 1836, 1845–7) he did much to explore eastern and tropical Australia, especially the Murray, Glenelg, and Barcoo rivers. |
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