Person
Gould, Charles (1834 - 1893)
- Born
- 4 June 1834
England - Died
- 15 April 1893
Montevideo, Uruguay - Occupation
- Geologist and Surveyor
Summary
Charles Gould was the first Geological Surveyor of Tasmania 1859-1869 after which time he acted as a consultant geologist and land surveyor in Tasmania, the Bass Strait Islands and in New South Wales. He left Australia in late 1873.
Archival resources
Archives Office of Tasmania
- Charles Gould - Records, 1860 - 1869, NS 140/1; Archives Office of Tasmania. Details
John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland
- Charles Gould - Records, 1872, OM72-53; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Charles Gould - Records, 1859 - 1871, B167-B169; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Charles Gould - Records, 1865 - 1870, MS 162; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Royal Society of Tasmania
- Charles Gould - Records, 1860 - 1880, RSA/B.14 and A.17(G) Mp 18; Royal Society of Tasmania. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Maxwell Banks, R.; Yaxley, M. L., 'Gould, Charles (1824-1893), geological surveyor' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1972), pp. 277-278. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040314b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Baillie, Peter, 'The West Coast Range, Tasmania: Mountains and Geological Giants', Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 144 (2010), 1-13. Details
- Chisholm, A. H., 'Mrs John Gould and her Relations', Emu (1941). Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5078346. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/71770510. Details
- 'Gould, Charles (1834-1893)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-566580. Details
See also
- Caught & Coloured: Zoological Illustrations from Colonial Victoria, 2006, http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/caughtandcoloured/. Details
- Pybus, Cassandra, A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania (Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2024), 318 pp. https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Cassandra-Pybus-Very-Secret-Trade-9781761066344. Pages 184,195, 196, 202, 203. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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