Person
Fawkner, John Pascoe (1792 - 1869)
- Born
- 20 October 1792
London, England - Died
- 4 September 1869
Collingwood, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Business executive and Politician
Summary
John Pascoe Fawkner was one of the founders of Melbourne, where he worked as a hotel-keeper and a newspaper proprietor. He was a councillor for many years.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Anderson, Hugh, 'Fawkner, John Pascoe (1792-1869), pioneer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 368-371. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010351b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q634776. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/60467486. Details
- 'Fawkner, John Pascoe (1792-1869)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-612555. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_f.html. Details
- Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/index_f.html. Details
- Thomson, Kathleen and Serle, Geoffrey, A biographical register of the Victorian parliament 1859 - 1900 (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1972), 238 pp. https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/114931/2/b14277530.pdf. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 31 July 2006
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