Biographical entry Stokes, John Lort (1812 - 1885)

Summary

John Lort Stokes worked for 18 years on board the "Beagle" (mostly as a surveyor and as Commander) which surveyed Australian waters from 1837. On his return to England he wrote a two volume study entitled "Discoveries in Australia" (London, 1946).

Archival resources

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

• John Lort Stokes - Records, 1848 - 1853; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Books

• Hordern, M., Mariners Are Warned! John Lort Stokes and HMS Beagle in Australia, 1837-43, Melbourne University Press at Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 1989, 404 pp. Details
• Ingleton, G. C., Charting a Continent, Sydney, 1944. Details

Book Sections

• Bolton, G. C., 'Stokes, John Lort (1812-1885), explorer and hydrographer', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967, pp. 488-489. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020449b.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
• Powell, Alan, 'Explorer-surveyors of the Australian north coast II. Part 2: John Lort Stokes and the crew of the Beagle', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 66, 1981, pp. 225-236. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Stokes, J Lort', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-984851. Details