Thomas Mitchell (explorer)
（重定向自Major Mitchell）
![Portrait of Major Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (c. 1830s)](/Images/godic/202501/25/Mitchell,_Sir_Thomas_Livingstone,_Explorer,_1792-1855,_NLA4332.jpg")
![1838 map of Victoria and New South Wales showing towns, major rivers and the limits of the Colony at the time. The map shows in red the routes taken by Mitchell's expedition and camps.](/Images/godic/202501/25/1838NSWMitchell4333.jpg")
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![The Mitchell house in Stanwell Park, by Henry Grant Lloyd, 1860. (courtesy Mitchell Library)](/Images/godic/202501/25/MitchellHouse18604333.jpg")
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (15 June 1792 – 5 October 1855), 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.