Biographical entry Worsnop, Thomas (1821 - 1898)

Summary

Thomas Worsnop was town clerk, Adelaide City Council 1869-98. He is commemorated by a portrait in the Adelaide Council Chambers. Worsnop was a member of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch and the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Before coming to Australia Worsnop worked for W. Bruce a wool manufacturer in Leeds then as a teacher, probably in Yorkshire.

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Events

1852

Life event - Migrated to Australia (Adelaide) on 12 November

1852 - 1859

Career position - Storeman for Elder, Stirling & Co.

1860 - 1862

Career position - Farmer (unsuccessful)

1863 - 1864

Career position - Lessee of the Globe Inn in Rundle Street, Adelaide

1864

Life event - Declared bankrupt on the 16 May

1864 - 1866

Career position - Worked as a Teamster on many far northern stations

1866 - 1868

Career position - Clerk in the Town Clerk's Department of the Adelaide City Council

1868

Career position - City Treasurer and Assistant Town Clerk

1869 - 1898

Career position - Town Clerk

1878

Career position - History of the City of Adelaide published

1880s

Career position - The Historical Record of South Australia 1512-1854 written but unpublished

1897

Career position - The Prehistoric Arts, Manufactures, Works, Weapons, etc., of the Aborigines of Australia published

Published resources

Book Sections

• Mullins, Helen R., 'Worsnop, Thomas (1821-1898)', in Bede Nairn (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1976, p. 440. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060471b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Worsnop, Thomas (1821-1898)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-556789. Details