Person

Wells, Lawrence Allen (1860 - 1938)

OBE

Born
30 April 1860
Yallum Park, South Australia, Australia
Died
11 May 1938
Blackwood, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Explorer and Surveyor

Summary

Lawrence Wells was Chairman of South Australia's Land Board 1918-1930. He led several expeditions, including the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition in 1896 and the Endeavour Expedition through the Great Victoria Desert when he was 72.

Details

Born 30 April 1860. Died 11 May 1938. OBE 1937. South Australian Survey Department 1878, cadet 1879, Northern Territory and Queensland Border Survey 1883-86, surveyor, Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition 1891, leader, Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition 1896, South Australian Pastoral Board from 1897, leader, North-West Prospecting Expedition 1903, trigonometrical survey, Victoria River district, Northern Territory 1908, administrative positions, State and Federal public services, Chairman, South Australia's Land Board 1918-30, leader, Endeavour Expedition, Great Victoria Desert 1932.

Chronology

1878
Life event - Joined the South Australian Survey Department
1879 - ?
Career position - Cadet, South Australian Survey Department
1883 - 1886
Career position - Member, Northern Territory and Queensland Border Survey
May 1891 - January 1892
Career position - Surveyor, Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition
1896
Career position - Leader, Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition
1897 -
Career position - Member, South Australian Pastoral Board
1903
Career position - Leader, North-West Prospecting Expedition
1908
Career position - Surveyor, Trigonometric Survey, Victoria River district, Northern Territory
1918 - 1930
Career position - Chairman, South Australian Land Board
1932
Career position - Leader, Endeavour Expedition, Great Sandy Desert
1937
Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

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Published resources

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Wells, L. A., 'Abstract of journal of explorations in Western Australia, 1896 - 1897', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, 3 (1898), 149-71. Details

Resources

See also

  • Feeken, Erwin H. J.; Feeken, Gerda E. E.; and Spate, O. H. K., The discovery and exploration of Australia (Melbourne: Thomas Nelson (Australia), 1970), 318 pp. Details

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