Thomas Mitchell, Scottish-Australian colonel and explorer (died 1855)

Thomas Mitchell (explorer)

Scottish surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia (1792-1855)

Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, often called Major Mitchell, was a Scottish surveyor and explorer of Southeastern Australia. He was born in Scotland and served in the British Army during the Peninsular War. In 1827 he took up an appointment as Assistant Surveyor General of New…