Biographical entry Parkinson, Sydney (1745? - 1771)

Summary

Sydney Parkinson was employed by Joseph Banks as an illustrator on James Cook's first voyage to Australia.

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Sydney Parkinson - Records, 1759 - 1768; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

• Britten, J., Illustrations of Australian Plants Collected in 1770 During Captain Cook's Voyage, London, 1905. Details
• Rientis, Rex and Rientis, Thea, Early Artists of Australia, Sydney, 1963. Details

Book Sections

• Rienits, Rex, 'Parkinson, Sydney (1745?-1771), a natural history draughtsman', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967, p. 314. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020280b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Lysaght, A., 'Captain Cook's Kangaroo', New Scientist, vol. 1, 1957. Details
• Sawyer, F. C., 'Some Natural History Drawings Made During Cook's First Voyage', Society for Bibliography of Natural History Journal, vol. 2, 1949. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Parkinson, Sydney', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-514506. Details