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 Corporate Bodies

South Australian Surveyor General's Office and the Survey and Crown Lands Department, Colony and State of South Australia (1836 - 1917)
Surveyor General 1849 - 1861.

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. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/freeling-sir-arthur-henry-3575. 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

Edited Books

Cumming, D. A.; Moxham, G. C. ed., They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work (Adelaide: D.A. Cumming and G.C Moxham, 1986), 241 pp. "Freeling, Maj-Gen. Sir Arthur Henry. Bart, RE (1820-1885)" pp.64-66 (incl. portrait). Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4799034. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/279787972. Details
CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office, 'NAA: A9300, FREEMAN A H D', A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=5381528. 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

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