Person

Turner, Alfred Allatson (1826 - 1895)

Born: 21 November 1826
Calais, France
Died: 3 August 1895
New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Explorer and Civil servant

Summary

Alfred Turner travelled with E. Kennedy's expedition to the Gulf of Carpentaria 1847-1848.

Archival resources

Private hands (Beale, E.)

Alfred Allatson Turner - Records, 1826 - 1895; Private hands (Beale, E.). Details

State Records New South Wales, Sydney Reading Room

Alfred Allatson Turner - Records, 1848 - 1852; State Records New South Wales, Sydney Reading Room. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

Beale, Edgar, 'Turner, Alfred Allatson (1826-1895), explorer and civil servant' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z, Bede Nairn, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1976), p. 310. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/turner-alfred-allatson-4758. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2644634. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/22361076. Details
'Turner, Alfred Allatson (1826-1895)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-637686. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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