Biographical entry D'Albertis, Luigi Maria (1841 - 1901)

Summary

Luigi Maria D'Albertis led various expeditions to New Guinea during the 1870s including a trip up the Fly river with Lawrence Hargrave in 1876. He was criticized by later travellers for his unscrupulous ethnological collecting.

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Lawrence Hargrave - Records, 1908 - 1915, MS 352; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Powerhouse Museum

• D'Albertis, Luigi Maria (1841-1901), 1876, 94/23/1; Powerhouse Museum. Details

Queensland State Archives

• Luigi Maria D'Albertis - Records, 1876 - 1878, CS1876/268 and others; Queensland State Archives. Details

State Records New South Wales, Sydney Reading Room

• Luigi Maria D'Albertis - Records, 1876 - 1877, 5,887; State Records New South Wales, Sydney Reading Room. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Gibbney, H. J., 'D'Albertis, Luigi Maria (1841-1901), explorer', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, p. 2. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040002b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'D'Albertis, L M', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-996420. Details