Person
Brooks, Joseph (1847 - 1918)
- Born
- 2 August 1847
Stockport, Cheshire, England - Died
- 9 May 1918
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Surveyor and Astronomer
Summary
Joseph Brooks worked for the South Australian Department of Survey and Crown Lands 1864-1877 and the New South Wales Department of Lands 1877-1906. After retirement he became involved in Australian astronomical circles.
Details
Born Stockport, Cheshire, 2 August 1847. Died Sydney, 9 May 1918. Arrived Adelaide 1856. South Australian Department of Survey and Crown Lands 1864-75, official photographer and involved with drafting and planning for the settlement of Palmerston (Darwin), trigonometrical surveyor 1875-77; licensed surveyor, Department of Lands, Sydney 1877-1906, assisting with the triangulation of New South Wales from 1879; joined several expeditions to observe total solar eclipses 1908-11.
Archival resources
New South Wales Department of Lands
- Joseph Brooks - Records, 1877 - 1906; New South Wales Department of Lands. Details
South Australian Department of Lands
- Joseph Brooks - Records, 1864 - 1877; South Australian Department of Lands. Details
State Records of South Australia
- Joseph Brooks - Records, 1864 - 1877; State Records of South Australia. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Wood, Harley, 'Brooks, Joseph (1874-1918), surveyor and astronomer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 432-433. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070438b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6281736. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/48709097. Details
- 'Brooks, Joseph (1847-1918)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464292. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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