Person
Freeling, Arthur Henry (1820 - 1885)
- Born
- 26 July 1820
London, Middlesex, England - Died
- 26 March 1885
Chelsea, Middlesex, England - Occupation
- Engineer and Surveyor
Summary
Major-General Sir Arthur Henry Freeling RE was Colonial engineer and Surveyor-General for South Australia in the period 1849 - 1861.
The town of Freeling, in the Barossa Valley, is named after him.
Details
Chronology
- 1849
- Life event - Arrived in South Australia
- 1849 - 1861
- Career position - Colonial engineer, and Surveyor-General, South Australia
- c. 1861
- Life event - Returned to England
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Buxton, Gordon, 'Freeling, Sir Arthur Henry (1820-1885), engineer and surveyor-general' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1972), p. 220. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040242b.htm. Details
Conference Papers
- Scott, David, 'Routing Ligar - developing a shortcut to the Kiandra Goldrush', in Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference: AEHC 2022 (Barton, ACT: Engineers Australia, 2023), pp. 49-61., https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.836782438205160. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4799034. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/279787972. Details
- 'Freeling, Sir Arthur Henry (1820-18851231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772698. Details
Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes
Created: 6 April 2016, Last modified: 26 September 2024