Biographical entry Threlkeld, Lancelot Edward (1788 - 1859)

Summary

Lancelot Edward Threlkeld was a missionary at Belmont, Lake Macquarie from 1825-28 and at Toronto, on the other side of Lake Macquarie from 1831-41. He was a minister of the South Head Congregational Church in Sydney and also conducted a day school from 1842-45, when he became chaplain of seamen for the Sydney Bethel Union. He was involved in securing the independence of the Leeward Islands. His principal publication was "An Australian Grammar .... of the Language, as Spoken by the Aborigines ... of Hunter's River", 1834.

Prior to coming to Australia Threlkeld worked in the UK as a trade apprentice; as an actor with the Royal Circus and Royalty Theatre and in business.

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Events

1814

Education - Candidate with the London Missionary Society

1815

Education - Ordained into the London Missionary Society

1816

Life event - Left for the South Seas in the Atlas

1817

Life event - Sailed to Sydney and to Moorea, Society Islands on the Harriet

1825 - 1828

Career position - Missionary at Belmont, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales

1831 - 1841

Career position - Missionary at Toronto, New South Wales

1842 - 1845

Career position - Minister of the South Head Congregational Church in Sydney and conducted a day school

1845 -

Career position - Sydney Bethel Union

1851 -

Career position - Member of the Ethnological Society, London

Published resources

Book Sections

• Gunson, Niel, 'Threlkeld, Lancelot Edward (1788-1859)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967, pp. 528-530. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020481b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Threlkeld, L E', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-535245. Details