Person
Minchin, Alfred Corker (1857 - 1934)
- Born
- 24 September 1857
Victoria, Australia - Died
- 20 September 1934
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Zoo director
Summary
Alfred Minchin became Honorary Assistant Director of the Adelaide Zoological Gardens (1891) and in 1893 Director succeeding his father, R.E. Minchin (qv). He remained Director until his death in 1934.
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Archival resources
South Australian Department of Marine and Harbours
- Alfred Corker Minchin - Records; South Australian Department of Marine and Harbours. Details
State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana
- Richard Ernest Minchin - Records, 1831 - 1893, PRG 119; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Gibberd, Joyce, 'Minchin, Alfred Corker (1857-1934), zoo director' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 523-524. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100513b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24239438. Details
- 'Minchin, Alfred Corker (1857-1934)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465519. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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