Biographical entry Nicolay, Charles Grenfell (1815 - 1897)

Summary

Charles Grenfel Nicolay was the founder of Western Australia's first public museum. In 1881 he began a collection of rocks and minerals which in 1889-90 became the first part of the Western Australian Museum.

Archival resources

JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia

• Charles Grenfell Nicolay - Records, PR5382; JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details
• Charles Grenfell Nicolay - Records, ACC 1706A; JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details
• Charles Grenfell Nicolay - Records, 1875, ACC 12?; JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details
• Charles Grenfell Nicolay - Records, 1897, ACC 1323A; JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details

Western Australian Museum

• Charles Grenfell Nicolay - Records, 1881 - 1890; Western Australian Museum. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Playford, Phillip E.; Pridmore, I., 'Nicolay, Charles Grenfell (1815-1897), clergyman, geographer and geologist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 5, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1974, pp. 340-341. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050389b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Nicolay, C G', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-877052. Details