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Biographical entry Darragh, Thomas

Occupation
Geologist and Museum curator

Summary

Thomas Darragh works at the Museum of Victoria and has written extensively in the field of the history of geology in Australia.

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Archival resources

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

  • Thomas Darragh - Records, 1850 - 1900, MS 10000; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Darragh, T. A.; Branagan, D. F., 'History', in William D. Birch (ed.), Geology of Victoria, Geological Society of Australia (Victoria Division), Sydney, 2003, pp. 671-685. Details
  • Darragh, Thomas A., 'Hall, Thomas Sergant (1858--1915), Scientist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 166-167. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090159b.htm. Details
  • Darragh, Thomas A., 'Mahony, Daniel James (1878-1944), Scientist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 380-381. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100373b.htm. Details
  • Darragh, Thomas A., 'Pritchard, George Baxter (1869-1956), Geologist', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 300-301. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110308b.htm. Details
  • Darragh, Thomas A., 'Skeats, Earnest Willington (1875-1953), Geologist', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 621-622. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110635b.htm. Details
  • Darragh, Thomas A., 'Keble, Alexander Robert (1884-1963), Geologist and Palaeontologist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 14, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 605-606. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140691b.htm. Details

Conference Papers

  • Darragh, Thomas A., 'Ludwig Becker as a Geologist', in D. F. Branagan and G. H. McNally (eds), Useful and Curious Geological Enquiries Beyond the World: Pacific-Asia Historical Themes: The 19th International INHIGEO Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 4-8 July, 1994, International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences, Sydney, 1994, pp. 192-199. Details

Journal Articles

  • Darragh, Thomas, 'Ferdinand Hochstetter's Notes from a Visit to Australia and a Tour of the Victorian Goldfields in 1859', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 13, no. 2, 2001, pp. 383-437. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR0011340383.htm. Details
  • Darragh, Thomas A., 'The Geological Survey of Victoria Under Alfred Selwyn, 1852-1868', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 1-25. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870710001.htm. Details
  • Darragh, Thomas A., 'Charles Sturtevant Wood, Analyst, his Work and his Correspondence with James Hector', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 3, 1988, pp. 231-271. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9880730231.htm. Details
  • Darragh, Thomas A., 'Frederick Proeschel, Colonial Map Maker', Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Bulletin, vol. 15, no. 3/4, 1991, pp. 105-176. Details
  • Darragh, Thomas A., 'Mueller and Personal Names in Zoology and Palaeontology', The Victorian Naturalist, vol. 113, 1996, pp. 195-197. Details
  • Darragh, Thomas A., 'Ludwig Becker, a Scientific Dilettante: His Correspondence with J.J. Kaup and Others'', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 11, no. 4, 1997, pp. 501-522. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9971140501.htm. Details
  • Darragh, Thomas A., 'Robert Brough Smyth: His Early Years as Revealed by his Correspondence with Adam Sedgwick', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 13, no. 1, 2000, pp. 19-42. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR0001310019.htm. Details
  • Darragh, Thomas A., 'Bishop Goold and Ferdinand von Mueller: a 30 Year Acquaintance', Footprints: Journal of the Melbourne Diocesan Historical Commission, vol. June, 2003, pp. 3-9. Details

Online Resources

  • National Library of Australia, 'Darragh, Thomas Alwynne', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-625824. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 15 September 2004