Skip to main content
  1. The Dictionary of Sydney
  2. Multimedia
  3. Captain Thomas Watson of Randwick c1845

Captain Thomas Watson of Randwick c1845

From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a128922 / MIN 264]
(Mitchell Library)

Browse

  • Browse
    • Artefacts
    • Buildings
    • Events
    • Natural Features
    • Organisations
    • People
    • Places
    • Structures
    • Entries
    • Multimedia
    • Subjects
    • Roles
    • Contributors
Connections
Subjects
Lighthouses
People
Watson, Thomas

Footer

  • Home
  • About
  • Copyright
  • Contact

Footer Secondary

  • Contribute
  • Donate

State Library of New South Wales

Lighthouses

Watson, Thomas

full record ยป

Master mariner and harbour pilot who received a land grant at Watsons Bay in 1835. He raised the first tribute to Captain James Cook at Liverpool and the first statue in Australia to Cook at Randwick. He was superintendent of Macquarie Lighthouse and made the newspapers in 1841 when he, in his schooner 'Essington', rescued a boy called Forbes allegedly held captive for 16 years by 'the Savages of Timor'.