Biographical entry Daintree, Richard (1832 - 1878)

Summary

Richard Daintree was a member of the Geological Survey of Victoria in 1854-56 and 1858-64, the first Government Geologist of Northern Queensland 1868-70, Agent-General for Queensland, and an accomplished photographer. He is commemorated by the Daintree River and Daintree Rainforest in North Queensland.

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Events

1851

Education - Educated at the University of Cambridge, UK

1852 - 1854

Career position - Gold prospector in Victoria

1854 - 1856

Career position - Geological Survey of Victoria

1857

Education - Assaying and metallurgy studies at the Royal School of Mines Laboratory, UK

1858 - 1864

Career position - Geological Survey of Victoria

1864 - 1868

Career position - Resident partner with William Hann in pastoral properties in North Queensland

1868 - 1870

Career position - First Government Geologist of Northern Queensland

1871

Career position - Commissioner in charge of Queensland's contribution to the 1871 Exhibition of Art and Industry, London

1872 - 1876

Career position - Agent-General for Queensland

1878

Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Microfilm Collection, MS 067; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland

• Richard Daintree - Records, 1868 - 1870; Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland. Details

John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland

• Richard Daintree - Records, c. 1831 - 1963, OM70-39; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
• Richard Daintree - Records, API 02; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details

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

• Clarke Family - Records, 1797 - 1954, ML MSS 368; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• William Branwhite Clarke - Records, 1846 - 1877, ML MSS 141; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• William Branwhite Clarke - Records, 1827 - 1951, ML MSS 454; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• William Branwhite Clarke - Records, 1827 - 1951, ML MSS 490; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Private hands (Clarke, E.)

• Richard Daintree - Records, 1864 - 1872; Private hands (Clarke, E.). Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

• Richard Daintree - Records, 1860 - 1870, MS 10038; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

• Bolton, G. C., Richard Daintree, a Photographic Memoir, Brisbane, 1965. Details

Book Sections

• Bolton, G. C., 'Daintree, Richard (1832-1878), geologist and photographer', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, pp. 1-2. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040001b.htm. Details
• Bolton, Geoffrey, 'Richard Daintree, 1832-1878', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. Details

Journal Articles

• Mozley, Ann, 'Richard Daintree; first government geologist of Northern Queensland', Queensland Heritage, vol. 1, no. 2, 1965. Details

Online Resources

• 'Daintree - first Queensland geological surveyor', in The 1997 Australian Science Festival, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/other/asf_scientists.htm#richard. Details
• 'Daintree, Richard', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-556602. Details