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Australian Prints + Printmaking

Thomas Bluett

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Name

Thomas Bluett

Culture

English

Gender

Male

Birth date

1819

Birth place

Ireland View on map Close map

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Death date

11 May 1846

Death Place

London, England View on map Close map

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Movements

Wellington, New Zealand April 1841; Australia c1841 - c1845

Occupations

Printer (lithographic)

Summary

Worked: New Zealand, Australia (NSW, TAS).

NGA IRN

33442

Context

Australia | Hong Kong | India | New Zealand

See also

Jones & Bluett; Liley & Bluett.

Biography

"Thomas Bluett was born in 1819 and arrived in Wellington NZ in April 1841. After a few months he crossed over to Sydney and later to Hobart. He returned to London in 1844/5 via Hong Kong and Calcutta, only to be accidentally shot in 1846 by a teenage boy playing with a loaded gun in a crowded street." [Information kindly supplied by relative, Paul Barton]