Person

Barrallier, Francis Louis (1773 - 1853)

Born: 1773
Died: 11 June 1853
London, England
Occupation: Engineer and Explorer

Summary

Francis Barrallier arrived with Governor King in Sydney in 1800 and through his explorations became involved in coastal mapping, geography and natural history. He left the colony in 1803.

Details

Born France, 1773. Died London, 11 June 1853. Arrived Sydney with Governor King 1800; drew up architectural plans for the Orphan Asylum at Parramatta; appointed ensign in the New South Wales Corps from July; survey of the southern coast between Wilson's Promontory and Western Port March 1801 (Barrallier Island off Western Port named after him); surveyed Newcastle harbour July; acting engineer and artillery officer from August, with duties of maintaining and improving Sydney's defences; aide-de-camp to King from October 1802; unsuccessfully attempted to cross the Blue Mountains November 1802; returned to England May 1803; successful military career culminating with appointment as brevet lieutenant-colonel 1846.

Archival resources

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

Francis Luis Barrallier - Records, 1800 - 1803; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
R. Else-Mitchell - Records, 1939 - 1951, ML MSS 1265; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

Parsons, Vivienne, 'Barrallier, Francis Louis (1773-1853)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 61-62. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010059b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

Andrews, Alan E.J., 'Mount Hunter and Beyond: with Hunter, Bass, Tench, Wilson, Barrallier, Caley, King, and Macquarie, 1790-1815', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 76 (1) (1990), 3-15. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5480141. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/41105213. Details
'Barrallier, Francis (1773-1853)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-582710. Details

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