Joseph Arnold b. 28 December 1782

  • Artist (Painter)
Naval surgeon who accompanied Governor Macquarie on the voyage to Sydney in 1809. Arnold produced 244 watercolour sketches of coastlines while outward bound, including views of Port Jackson, Botany Bay, Van Diemen's Land (Tas.) and other parts of Australia. In 1815 he revisited Sydney as the first officially appointed surgeon-superintendent on a convict ship, the Northampton.
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Citations

  • Arnold, Joseph (1845), 'Diaries’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, manuscript A1845/46, Includes newspaper extracts.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Other occupations
  • Naturalist (ANZSIC code: 6910)
  • Naval surgeon
  • Naturalist
  • Naval surgeon