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).

Related entries

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 Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn, ed., vol. 6 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1976), pp. 350-351. 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, 64 (1963). Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1399201. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/76618158. Details
• 'Warburton, Peter Egerton (1813-1889)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-541284. Details