Biographical entry Goldie, Andrew (1840 - 1891)

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Born Kelburne, Ayrshire, Scotland, 24 May 1840. Died Port Moresby, 20 November 1891. Apprenticed as a gardener, migrated to Auckland 1862, nurseryman ca 1863-73, Britain 1874, Melbourne 1875, exploration in New Guinea 1876, exploration and collecting, New Guinea 1877, where he discovered and named the Goldie River and discovered traces of gold, explored south coast of New Guinea early 1878, named Blunden River, Milport Harbour, Glasgow Harbour, Sydney 1878 to have gold samples assayed, named the Redlick group of islands and discovered Teste Island in Freshwater Bay 1879, bought land near Hanubada, New Guinea and set up a trading store 1878, compensated by the government in 1886 when they decided to remove European settlement from the Hanubada area, by being given £400, 50 suburban acres and three town allotments on which he built Port Moresby's first store in January 1897.

Events

1862

Life event - Arrived in New Zealand

1863 - 1873

Career position - Nurseryman in New Zealand

1874

Career position - Nurseryman in England

1875

Career position - Nurseryman in Melbourne

1876 - 1878

Career position - Exploration in New Guinea

1878

Career position - Storekeeper in New Guinea

1879

Career position - Named the Redlick group of islands and discovered Teste Island in Freshwater Bay

January 1887

Built Port Moresby's first store

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von Mueller - Records, 1862 - 1873, ML MSS 562; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Gibbney, H. J., 'Goldie, Andrew (1840-1891), naturalist and merchant', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, pp. 259-260. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040293b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Goldie, Andrew', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467081. Details