Person
Worsnop, Thomas (1821 - 1898)
- Born
- 2 February 1821
Wortley, England - Died
- 24 January 1898
North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Town clerk
Summary
Thomas Worsnop was town clerk, Adelaide City Council 1869-1898. He is commemorated by a portrait in the Adelaide Council Chambers. Worsnop was a member of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch and the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Before coming to Australia Worsnop worked for W. Bruce a wool manufacturer in Leeds then as a teacher, probably in Yorkshire.
Details
Chronology
- 1852
- Life event - Migrated to Australia (Adelaide) on 12 November
- 1852 - 1859
- Career position - Storeman for Elder, Stirling & Co.
- 1860 - 1862
- Career position - Farmer (unsuccessful)
- 1863 - 1864
- Career position - Lessee of the Globe Inn in Rundle Street, Adelaide
- 1864
- Life event - Declared bankrupt on the 16 May
- 1864 - 1866
- Career position - Worked as a Teamster on many far northern stations
- 1866 - 1868
- Career position - Clerk in the Town Clerk's Department of the Adelaide City Council
- 1868
- Career position - City Treasurer and Assistant Town Clerk
- 1869 - 1898
- Career position - Town Clerk
- 1878
- Career event - History of the City of Adelaide published
- 1880s
- Career event - The Historical Record of South Australia 1512-1854 written but unpublished
- 1885 - 1898
- Career position - Foundation member, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch
- 1895
- Career position - President, Section F (Ethnology and Anthropology), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1897
- Career event - The Prehistoric Arts, Manufactures, Works, Weapons, etc., of the Aborigines of Australia published
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Mullins, Helen R., 'Worsnop, Thomas (1821-1898)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z, Bede Nairn, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1976), p. 440. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060471b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7795313. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/221113409. Details
- 'Worsnop, Thomas (1821-1898)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-556789. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 2 March 2018