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Biographical entry Kennedy, Edmund Besley Court (1818 - 1848)
- Born
- 5 September 1818
Guernsey, Channel Islands - Died
- December 1848
Cape York Peninsula, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Surveyor and Explorer
Summary
Edmund Besley C. Kennedy was assistant Surveyor of New South Wales 1840-48. He was killed while on an expedition from Rockhampton to Cape York.
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Edmund Besley Court Kennedy - Records, 1845 - 1854, FM 4/1723; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Edmund Besley Court Kennedy - Records, 1845 - 1854, mfm G 28192; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Beale, Edgar, 'Kennedy, Edmund Besley Court (1818-1848), explorer', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967, pp. 43-44. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020040b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Beale, E., 'Edmund Besley Court Kennedy', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 35, 1949. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Kennedy, Edmund Besley Court', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-637480. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 December 2006
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