Biographical entry Etheridge, Robert (1846 - 1920)

Summary

Robert Etheridge was a member of the Geological Survey of Victoria 1866-69 and joined the Geological Survey of New South Wales in 1887. Between 1895-1920 he was Director of the Australian Museum, Sydney and published widely on ethnography and palaeontology.

Archival resources

Geological Survey of South Australia

• Robert (Jnr) Etheridge - Records, 1890 - 1908; Geological Survey of South Australia. Details

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

• Robert (Jnr) Etheridge - Records, 1895 - 1904; 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

• Nairn, Bede; Serle, Geoffrey; Walsh, G. P., 'Etheridge, Robert, Junior (1846-1920), Palaeontologist and Museum Director', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 436-437. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080467b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Etheridge, R., 'The Australian Museum. Fragments of its Early History', Records of the Australian Museum, vol. xi, xii, 1916, pp. 67-79; 339-399. Details
• Etheridge, R., 'Obituary Notice [Edward Pierson Ramsay]', Museum Records, vol. 11, 1917. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Etheridge, R', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-630768. Details