Person

Lindsay, David (1856 - 1922)

Born
20 June 1856
Goolwa, South Australia, Australia
Died
17 December 1922
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Occupation
Explorer and Surveyor

Summary

David Lindsay explored Arnhem Land and the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1883-1884 and other parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory in the following years. In 1891 he lead the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition into Western Australia. He made further explorations and surveys across northern Australia and was active in promoting the mining and economic potential of the region.

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Chronology

1873 - 1878
Career position - Apprentice, South Australian Surveyor General's Office
1878 - 1882
Career position - Junior surveyor and clerk, land office, Department of the Northern Territory, Palmerston
1882
Career event - In private practice as surveyor, draftsman, and land stock and station agent
1883
Career position - Leader, South Australian Government Expedition to Arnhem Land
May 1891 - January 1892
Career position - Leader, Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition
1892
Career position - President, South Australia Branch, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • David Lindsay - Records, 1878 - 1924, ML MSS 200; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Archives of Australia, National Office

  • David Lindsay - Records, 1914 - 1916, CRS A3; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details

State Records of South Australia

  • David Lindsay - Records, 1889 - 1920, A799 and A69; State Records of South Australia. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Lindsay, David, Journal of the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1891-2 (Adelaide: Government Printer, 1893), 207 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Lindsay, David, 'Explorations in the Northern Territory of South Australia', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, South Australian Branch, 2 (1887), 1-16. Details
  • Lindsay, David, 'An expedition across Australia from south to north, between the telegraph line and the Queensland boundary, in 1885-6', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1889), 650-71. Details
  • Peake-Jones, K., 'The Elder Scientific Exploration Expedition, 1891: a study of incompatibles', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, 85 (1985), 54-66. Details

Resources

See also

  • Feeken, Erwin H. J.; Feeken, Gerda E. E.; and Spate, O. H. K., The discovery and exploration of Australia (Melbourne: Thomas Nelson (Australia), 1970), 318 pp. Details
  • Lucas, A. M.; and Home, R. W., 'Misleading labels: Richard Helms and the Elder Exploring Expedition', Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 174 (2018), 14-8. Details
  • Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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