Person
Cawthorne, William Anderson (1825 - 1897)
- Born
- 25 September 1825
London, United Kingdom - Died
- 29 September 1897
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Conchologist, Headmaster and Teacher
Summary
William Cawthorne was a schoolmaster who arrived in Australia in 1841. He kept a journal (1844-1859) and other papers dating up to 1871 on the manners and customs of the Aboriginal people and on conchology, with special reference to South Australia 1858.
Details
Chronology
- 1841
- Life event - Arrived in South Australia with his family
- 1846 - 1850
- Career position - Schoolmaster, Adelaide Grammar School
- 1851
- Career position - Foundation Member, South Australian Preceptors Association
- 1851 - 1855
- Career position - Headmaster, Pulteney Grammar School, Adelaide
- 1852
- Career position - Member, Central Board of Education
- 1855 - 1865
- Career position - Headmaster, Victoria Square Academy, Adelaide
- 1870 - 1871
- Career position - Published Monthly Review or Town and Country Advertiser
- December 1870 - November 1873
- Career position - Member, Adelaide City Council
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- William Anderson Cawthorne - Records, 1842 - 1846, A103-5; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- William Anderson Cawthorne - Records, 1846 - 1855, B229; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- William Anderson Cawthorne - Records, 1849 - 1855, B230; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- William Anderson Cawthorne - Records, 1850 - 1883, B232; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- William Anderson Cawthorne - Records, 1858, B227; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- William Anderson Cawthorne - Records, 1864 - 1865, B228; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana
- William Anderson Cawthorne - Records, 1844 - 1860, PRG 489; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details
Published resources
Books
- Cawthorne, W. A., Menge the Mineralogist: a sketch of the life of the late Johann Menge, linguist, mineralogist, &c. &c., an early colonist, and discoverer of precious stones in South Australia, containing also, his eccentric views on demonology, astronomy, &c. (Adelaide: J. T. Sawyer, 1859), 33 pp. Details
- Cawthorne, W. A.: edited and introduced by Rick Hosking, The Kangaroo Islanders : a story of South Australia before colonisation 1823 (Mile End, S.A.: Wakefield Press, 2020), 283 pp. Details
- Djuwita, Riawati, W. A. Cawthorne and early Adelaide: an artist's impression (Canberra: Australian National University, 1991), 119 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Cawthorne, W. A., 'Rough notes on the manners and customs of the natives, 1844', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society [of Australasia], South Australian Branch, 27 (1926), 44-77. Details
Resources
- 'Cawthorne, William Anderson (1824-1897)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-534555. Details
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Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 October 2023
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