Strzelecki, Paul Edmund de (1797 - 1873)

Summary

Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki was the author of "Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land" (1845), prepared during his visit to the colonies in 1839-1843.

Archival resources

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

• Paul Edmund de Strzelecki - Records, 1840; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Paul Edmund de Strzelecki - Records, 1837 - 1851, A3355, 4059; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• John Franklin - Records, 1837 - 1859, MS 114; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details

Books

• Heney, H. M. E., In a Dark Glass: the Story of P. E. de Strzelecki (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1961). Details
• Paszkowski, Lech, Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki: reflections on his life (Melbourne: Arcadia, Australian Scholarly Publishing, 1997), 370 pp. Details
• Rawson, R., The Count: a Life of Sir Paul Edmund Strzelecki, KCMG Explorer and Scientist (London: Heinemann, 1953). Details
• Strzeleski, P.E. (Count), Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (London: Printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845), 389-462 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Andrews, Alan E.J., 'Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, 1797-1873' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). Details
• Heney, Helen, 'Strzelecki, Sir Paul Edmund De (1797-1873), explorer and scientist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 2 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), pp. 494-495. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020457b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Branagan, D., 'The Pole and the Permian', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 110 (1998), 1-30. Details
• Branagan, D. F., 'Strzelecki's Geological Map of Southeastern Australia: an Eclectic Synthesis', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (3) (1986), 375-392. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9860630375. Details
• Harvard, W.L., 'Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki.', Royal Australian Historical Society, xxvi (1941), 20-97. Details
• Russell, H.C., 'Astronomical and Meteorological Workers in New South Wales, 1778-1860', Report of the first meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 1 (1888), 45-94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15813133. Details
• Streleski, Count (sic) = Strzelecki, 'Notes of an Excursion in the North-Western Part of Tasmania', The Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science, Agriculture, statistics, &c, 1 (1842), 76-8. Details
• Streleski, Count (Strzelecki), 'On certain varieties of Australian coal', Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science, Agriculture, Statistics, &c, 1 (1842), 190-203. Details
• Streleski, Count (Strzelecki), 'Analysis of Soils from Mona Vale, near Ross, Van Diemen's Land, (a Table fold-out), submitted in 1842', Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science, 2 (1846), 308, facing. Details
• Turner, Susan, 'Australia's first fossil fish is still missing!', The Geological Curator, 9 (2011), 285-90. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q708284. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/101898065. Details
• 'Strzelecki, Paul Edmund de (17970720-18731006)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-531705. Details

See also

• Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details