Person
Favenc, Ernest (1845 - 1908)
- Born
- 21 October 1845
Walworth, Surrey, England - Died
- 14 November 1908
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Explorer and Journalist
Summary
Ernest Favenc explored areas of northern Australia between 1865 and 1888. He wrote the "History of Australian Exploration 1788-1888".
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Chronology
- 1865 - 1879
- Career position - Worked on stations in Queensland
- 1878 - 1879
- Career position - Led an expedition from Blackall to Darwin to determine the practicability of a transcontinental railway
- 1882
- Career position - Established a station on Creswell Creek in partnership with De Salis Bros.
- 1883
- Career position - Explored the country watered by the Macarthur River
- 1888
- Career position - Explored pastoral land round the upper Gascoyne and Ashburton Rivers
- c. 1890
- Career position - History of Australian Exploration 1788-1888 published
- c. 1893 - c. 1905
- Career position - Journalist with the Evening News
Published resources
Books
- Frost, Cheryl, The last explorer: the life and work of Ernest Favenc (Townsville, Qld: Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, James Cook University, 1983), 114 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Gibbney, H. J., 'Favenc, Ernest (1845-1908), explorer, journalist and historian' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1972), p. 160. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040169b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Anderson, James and Monteath, Peter, 'Ernest Favenc and the Exploration of the Northern Territory', Journal of Northern Territory History, 19 (2008), 1-16. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1356311. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/15575408. Details
- 'Favenc, Ernest (1846-1908)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-467639. Details
See also
- Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 6 September 2006