Robert Dixon | |
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| Born | 1800 Cockfield, County Durham, England |
| Died | 8 April 1858 Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation | Surveyor |
| Spouse | Margaret Sibly |
| Children | 6 (Langford Dangar, Joel and Jerome)[1] |
| Parent(s) | James and Elizabeth |
Robert Harald Lindsay Dixon (1800–1858) was an Australian surveyor and explorer, born in Cockfield, County Durham,[2] England.[3] Dixon is credited with having first surveyed and named a number of areas along the East Coast of Australia.
- ^ Parish clerks on line St Neots
- ^ Ancestry Family Trees - Database online, Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England.
- ^ Cranfield, Louis R. (1966), "Dixon, Robert (1800–1858)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Melbourne University, pp. 309–310, archived from the original on 24 May 2011, retrieved 18 May 2024