Person
Carnegie, David Wynford (1871 - 1900)
- Born
- 23 March 1871
London, England - Died
- 21 November 1900
Kerifi, Nigeria - Occupation
- Explorer
Summary
David Carnegie made two commissioned prospecting expeditions for the Hampton Plains Pastoral Company 1894-1895, then made an inland crossing of Western Australia 1896-1897. He published Spinifex and Sand in England in 1898.
Details
Born London, 23 March 1871. Died Kerifi, Northern Nigeria, 21 November 1900. Educated Royal Indian Engineering College. Tea plantation, Ceylon; various gold mines, Coolgardie, 1892-94; commissioned prospecting expeditions for the Hampton Plains Pastoral company 1894-95; crossed Western Australia from south to north 1896-97; England 1897-99; assistant resident, Northern Nigeria 1899-1900.
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Book Sections
- Morison, Patricia, 'Carnegie, David Wynford (1871-1900), explorer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 566-567. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/carnegie-david-wynford-5509. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1173933. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/77980970. Details
- 'Carnegie, David W (1871-1900)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-459012. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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