Biographical entry Warburton, Peter Egerton (1813 - 1889)

Summary

Peter Warburton was the South Australian Commissioner of Police from 1853 -1867. He was also an avid explorer who travelled through much of central and South Australia. In 1872 Warburton lead a party which became the first to cross the continent from the centre to the west. He was awarded the patron's medal of the Royal Geographical Society, London and was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG).

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

• Peter Egerton Warburton - Records, 1857 - 1880, PRG 196; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Deasey, Denison, 'Warburton, Peter Egerton (1813-1889), explorer', in Bede Nairn (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1976, pp. 350-351. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060376b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Black, E. C., 'The Lake Torrens Hoodoo', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia, vol. 64, 1963. Details

Online Resources

• 'Warburton, Peter Egerton (1813-1889)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-541284. Details