Thompson, John Creator Surveyor whose arrival in New South Wales was described by TL Mitchell, with whom he worked as Assistant Surveyor, as a 'rare and fortunate accident'. He was the Deputy Surveyor-General 1853-1859. Aboriginal people and fishing spears on the banks of the Cooks River 1830 as Creator From Mud Bank Botany Bay - mouth of Cooks River 1830 as Creator Map of that part of the North Shore of Port Jackson which is opposite to Sydney 1828 as Creator Map of that part of the North Shore of Port Jackson which is opposite to Sydney 1828 as Creator View from Sydney of the Haunted Mill in Cockle Bay 1832 as Creator