Person
Day, Theodore Ernest (1866 - 1943)
- Born
- 7 May 1866
Gumeracha, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 19 August 1943
Clare, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Surveyor
Summary
Theodore Day worked as a surveyor in South and Western Australia and in 1912 became Chief Surveyor of the Northern Territory. In 1919 Day became Chief Surveyor in the Lands and Survey Department, South Australia and in 1921 became Surveyor-general.
Archival resources
National Archives of Australia, National Office
- Theodore Ernest Day - Records, 1912 - 1917, CRS A2; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details
Northern Territory Archives Service, Darwin Branch
- Theodore Ernest Day - Records, 1914, F9; Northern Territory Archives Service, Darwin Branch. Details
Private hands (Reeves, W.)
- Theodore Ernest Day - Records, 1866 - 1943; Private hands (Reeves, W.). Details
State Records of South Australia
- Theodore Ernest Day - Records, 1919 - 1943, No.1340; State Records of South Australia. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Millar, Marlene, 'Day, Theodore Ernest (1866-1943)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 8 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 247-248. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080273b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538419. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93542168. Details
- 'Day, T E (1866-1943)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-574096. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 15 February 2018
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