Use Trove to find more resources by/about this Biographical entry
Biographical entry Carne, Joseph Edmund (1855 - 1922)
- Born
- 12 February 1855
Urana, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 23 July 1922
Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist and Museum curator
Summary
Joseph Edmund Carne was New South Wales Assistant Government Geologist 1902-16 and then Government Geologist 1916-19. Earlier he was a member of the Geological Survey of New South Wales from 1879 and curator of the Mining and Geological Museum, Sydney 1883-1892.
Details
Born Urana, New South Wales, 12 February 1855. Died Sydney, 23 July 1922. Educated Sydney Technical College (geology). Station-hand, outback New South Wales and Queensland; Geological Survey of New South Wales 1879-83; curator, Mining and Geological Museum 1883-92; geological surveyor on the field staff 1892-94; Prospecting Board 1894-1902; assistant government geologist 1902-16; government geologist 1916-19. Clarke Medal 1920. Father of Alan McArthur and Walter Mervyn Carne (qq.v.) The Carne River in Papua is named in his honour.
Related entries
Children
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Joseph Edmund Carne - Records, 1888 - 1919, A3979; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- Joseph Edmund Carne - Records, 1912, ML MSS 776; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Joseph Edmund Carne - Records, 1882 - 1895, MS 1632; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
- Joseph Edmund Carne - Records, 1911 - 1914, MS 2609; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Private hands (Carne, P.B.)
- Joseph Edmund Carne - Records, 1880 - 1960; Private hands (Carne, P.B.). Details
State Records New South Wales, Sydney Reading Room
- Joseph Edmund Carne - Records, 1900 - 1919, 2/653-658; State Records New South Wales, Sydney Reading Room. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Vallance, T. G., 'Carne, Joseph Edmund (1855-1922), geologist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, pp. 565-566. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070573b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Andrews, E.C., 'The Heroic Period of Geological Work in Australia.', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. lxxvi, 1942, pp. 96-128. Details
Online Resources
- 'Carne, J E', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-471093. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 July 2006
- Foundation Supporter - Committee to Review Australian Studies in Tertiary Education