Biographical entry Deane, Henry (1847 - 1924)

Summary

Henry Deane was Engineer in Chief, New South Wales Railways 1890-1906 and Engineer in Chief of the Commonwealth Railways Construction Branch 1912-14. He was also active in botanical, palaeontological and meteorological research.

Archival resources

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

• Baldwin Spencer - Records, 1880 - 1929, ML MSS 29; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Henry Deane - Records, 1847 - 1933, MS 610; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Walker, J. D., 'Deane, Henry (1847-1924)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 259-260. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080279b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Deane, Henry', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-614153. Details
• Newell, Jennifer and Sutherland, Denise, 'Scientists and Colonists', Australasian Science, vol. Summer, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_colonists.htm. Details