Narrative of a Visit to the Islands in Bass's Straits (1857), and some charges and sermons. Like his father he practised painting, his sketchbook containing drawings and paintings of Tasmanian scenes is at the Mitchell Library, Sydney. He resigned on account of ill health in March 1863, and was given a valuable living at Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, England; but finding his health would not allow him to give proper attention to his duties he resigned it in 1865, and went to live near Lake Maggiore in Italy. He died at his residence there on 7 April 1879. References External links The Cruise of the Beacon, by Francis Nixon Russell Bibliographic directory of material by Nixon from Project Canterbury 1803 births 1879 deaths Anglican bishops of Tasmania Alumni of St John's College, Oxford 19th-century Australian historians Australian Anglican bishops