Person
Lindsay, David (1856 - 1922)
- Born
- 20 June 1856
Goolwa, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 17 December 1922
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Explorer and Surveyor
Summary
David Lindsay explored Arnhem Land and the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1883-1884 and other parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory in the following years. In 1891 he lead the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition into Western Australia. He made further explorations and surveys across northern Australia and was active in promoting the mining and economic potential of the region.
Details
Chronology
- 1873 - 1878
- Career position - Apprentice, South Australian Surveyor General's Office
- 1878 - 1882
- Career position - Junior surveyor and clerk, land office, Department of the Northern Territory, Palmerston
- 1882
- Career event - In private practice as surveyor, draftsman, and land stock and station agent
- 1883
- Career position - Leader, South Australian Government Expedition to Arnhem Land
- May 1891 - January 1892
- Career position - Leader, Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition
- 1892
- Career position - President, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australia Branch
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- David Lindsay - Records, 1878 - 1924, ML MSS 200; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
National Archives of Australia, National Office
- David Lindsay - Records, 1914 - 1916, CRS A3; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details
State Records of South Australia
- David Lindsay - Records, 1889 - 1920, A799 and A69; State Records of South Australia. Details
Published resources
Books
- Lindsay, David, Journal of the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1891-2 (Adelaide: Government Printer, 1893), 207 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Edgar, Suzanne, 'Lindsay, David (1856-1922), Explorer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 105-106. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100101b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Lindsay, David, 'Explorations in the Northern Territory of South Australia', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, South Australian Branch, 2 (1887), 1-16. Details
- Lindsay, David, 'An expedition across Australia from south to north, between the telegraph line and the Queensland boundary, in 1885-6', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1889), 650-71. Details
- Peake-Jones, K., 'The Elder Scientific Exploration Expedition, 1891: a study of incompatibles', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, 85 (1985), 54-66. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24257. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/91803131. Details
- 'Lindsay, David (18560620-19221217)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-486789. Details
See also
- Feeken, Erwin H. J.; Feeken, Gerda E. E.; and Spate, O. H. K., The discovery and exploration of Australia (Melbourne: Thomas Nelson (Australia), 1970), 318 pp. Details
- Lucas, A. M.; and Home, R. W., 'Misleading labels: Richard Helms and the Elder Exploring Expedition', Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 174 (2018), 14-8. Details
- Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 21 January 2020
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