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1880s: Career event - The Historical Record of South Australia 1512-1854 written but unpublished
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 Corporate Bodies

Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)
President, Section F (Ethnology and Anthropology) 1895

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

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