Person
Terry, Michael (1899 - 1981)
- Born
- 3 May 1899
Gateshead, Durham, England - Died
- 1981
- Occupation
- Surveyor, Explorer and Author
Summary
Michael Terry was the leader of fourteen inland Australia expeditions between 1923 and 1935, mainly working for Adelaide mining companies seeking minerals.
Details
Chronology
- 1917 - 1918
- Served in the No. 2 Squadron of the RNAS Armoured Cars, with foreign service in Russia
- December 1917
- Captured by Bolsheviks at Kursk in Russia
- 1918
- Life event - Settled in Australia
- 1922 - 1923
- Crossed Australia from Winton, Queensland, to Broome, Western Australia in a car
- 1925
- Led an expedition with caterpillar-track trucks from Darwin in the Northern Territory to Broome, Western Australia
- 1928
- Led an expedition with six-wheel trucks from Port Hedland in Western Australia to Melbourne, Victoria
- 1929 - 1933
- Led several expeditions to various parts of central Australia
- 1934 - 1936
- Prospected near Laverton, Western Australia
- 1939 - 1946
- Government service
- 1946 - ?
- Farming
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Charlotte Barnard - Papers, 1985 - 1989, MS 8414; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
- Michael Terry - Paper, Cuttings, Books and Photographs, 1884 - 1978, MS 611; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
- Michael Terry - Records, 1920 - 1964, DeB 47; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
South Australian Museum Archives
- Michael Terry - Records, 1923 - 1938, A.D. 11; South Australian Museum Archives. Details
Published resources
Books
- Terry, Michael, Across Unknown Australia: a thrilling account of exploration in the Northern Territory of Australia (London: Herbert Jenkins, 1925), 311 pp. Details
- Terry, Michael, Through a Land of Promise: with gun, car and camera in the heart of Northern Australia (London: Herbert Jenkins, 1927), 336 pp. Details
- Terry, Michael, Hidden Wealth and Hiding People (London: Putnam, 1931), 350 pp. Details
- Terry, Michael, Untold Miles: three gold-hunting expeditions amongst the picturesque borderland ranges of Central Australia (London: Selwyn & Blount, 1932), 288 pp. Details
- Terry, Michael, Sand and Sun: two gold-hunting expeditions with camels in the dry lands of Central Australia (London: Michael Joseph, 1937), 288 pp. Details
- Terry, Michael, Bulldozer: the war role of the Department of Main Roads, New South Wales (Sydney: Frank Johnson, 1945), 261 pp. Details
- Terry, Michael, War of the Warramullas (Adelaide: Rigby, 1974), 171 pp. Details
- Terry, Michael, The last explorer: the autobiography of Michael Terry, FRGS, FRGSA (Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales: Australian National University Press, 1987), 115 pp. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10860988. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/22506129. Details
- 'Terry, Michael (1899-1981)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-534341. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 29 April 2003
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