death_date children nationality birth_date alt education alma_mater death_place title spouse image name occupation death_cause caption resting_place birth_place awards parents known_for article_title birth_name
05 october 1855 12 scottish 15 june 1792 portrait -rrb- of major sir thomas livingstone mitchell -lrb- c1830s doctor of civil law oxford university sydney , australia lieutenant colonel sir mary blunt mitchell , nla.jpg , sir thomas livingstone , explorer , 1792-1855 major sir thomas mitchell surveyor , explorer bronchitis portrait of major sir thomas mitchell -lrb- c1830s -rrb- camperdown australia cemetery , newtown , new south wales , grangemouth , scotland knighthood john mitchell , janet , '' née '' wilson explorations of south-eastern australia , wyld 's atlas thomas mitchell -lrb- explorer -rrb-
 thomas livingstone mitchell
thomas mitchell -lrb- explorer -rrb-

lieutenant colonel sir thomas livingstone mitchell -lrb- 15 june 1792 -- 5 october 1855 -rrb- , surveyor and explorer of south-eastern australia , was born at grangemouth in stirlingshire , scotland .
in 1827 he took up an appointment as assistant surveyor general of new south wales .
the following year he became surveyor general and remained in this position until his death .
mitchell was knighted in 1839 for his contribution to the surveying of australia .
