Biographical entry La Trobe, Charles Joseph (1801 - 1875)

Summary

Charles Joseph La Trobe was the first Superintendent of the Port Phillip District 1839-1851 and then Lieut-Governor of the newly formed Colony of Victoria until 1854. His interest in nature led to the founding of, among other institutions, the Melbourne Botanic Gardens.

Archival resources

Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre

• Governor of Victoria - Records, 1851 - 1906, VPRS 1084; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Governor of Victoria - Records, 1851 - 18541, VPRS 4020; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Governor of Victoria - Records, 1852 - 1857, VPRS 4022; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Governor of Victoria - Records, 1853 - 1908, VPRS 1092; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Governor of Victoria - Records, 1849, VPRS 4106; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Governor of Victoria - Records, 1851 - 1856, VPRS 1085; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Governor of Victoria - Records, 1851 - 1869, VPRS 1086; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Governor of Victoria - Records, 1851 - 1876, VPRS 1088; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Governor of Victoria - Records, 1851 - 1910, VPRS 1087; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Governor of Victoria - Records, 1851 - 1911, VPRS 1404; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Governor of Victoria - Records, 1851 - 1917, VPRS 1083; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Governor of Victoria - Records, 1852 - 1884, VPRS 1090; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Governor of Victoria - Records, 1841 - 1956, VPRS 4325; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Governor of Victoria - Records, 1851 - 1866, VPRS 1089; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Superintendent of Port Phillip District - Records, 1849, VPRS 6925; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

• Charles Joseph La Trobe - Records, 1845 - 1846, MS 10852; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Eastwood, Jill, 'La Trobe, Charles Joseph (1801-1875)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967, pp. 89-93. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020077b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Hammond, Victoria, '"Present Position Exile": Charles La Trobe's Tasmanian Months', Island, vol. 76, 1999, pp. 95-104. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'La Trobe, Charles Joseph', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-477583. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P000918. Details