John George Knight (1826 – 10 January 1892),Sally O'Neill, 'Knight, John George (1826 - 1892)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, 1974, pp 37-37. Retrieved 24 August 2009 was an architect and Government Resident of the Northern Territory in Australia.
Early life
Knight was born in London the son of John Knight, a stone and marble merchant.
He arrived in Melbourne, Australia in February 1852 and after a week on the goldfields, joined the Public Works Department.
Northern Territory
In the 1880s, when he was Deputy Sheriff and Superintendent of Fannie Bay Gaol, he employed Billiamook as an interpreter. In 1888 Knight sent lead and pencil drawings commissioned from some of the inmates, including those of Billiamook to the Centennial International Exhibition in Melbourne. These drawings were entitled "The Dawn of Art" and they were the first display of Aboriginal art as art; Billiamook had two drawings in this exhibition.
Knight died in bed at the administrators residence on Sunday evening, 10 January 1892, of a severe asthma attack, following a long illness of bronchitis and influenza.Rozenzweig, Paul (1996, p. 23). Governors, Residents and Administrator of the Northern Territory . Retrieved on 31 May 2009. Knight was survived by three sons, two married daughters and his wife, who was then living in London.
See also Nightcliff
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