Person
Meehan, James (1774 - 1826)
- Born
- 1774
Ireland - Died
- 21 April 1826
Macquarie Field, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Surveyor
Summary
James Meehan was Deputy Surveyor-General of New South Wales under John Oxley from 1812-1821.
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Superior
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- James Meehan - Records, 1805 - 1974, ML MSS 3002; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Books
- Dawson, Tony, James Meehan: a most excellent surveyor, vol. 148 (Darlinghusry, N.S.W.: Crossing Press, ), 148 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Perry, T. M., 'Meehan, James (1774-1826), surveyor, explorer and settler' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), pp. 219-220. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020186b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Dowd, B. T., 'James Meehan', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 28 (1942). Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6139595. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/18676470. Details
- 'Meehan, James (1774-1826)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468480. Details
See also
- Anon, 'History of the Institution of Surveyors, Tasmania', Australian Surveyor, 21 (7) (1967), 205-212, https://doi.org/10.1080/00050326.1967.10440052. p.205. Details
- Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details
- Weatherburn, A. K., 'Evans, George William (1780-1852), surveyor and explorer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 359-360. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010343b.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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