Person
Abbott, Robert (c. 1861 - 1936)
- Born
- c. 1861
London, Middlesex, England - Died
- 27 July 1936
Nambour, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Surveyor
Summary
Robert Abbott was a licensed surveyor in South Australia, Victoria and Queensland. He arrived in South Australia at an early age, was employed as a chainman, studied and became a surveyor under G. W. Goyder, South Australian Surveyor-General's Department 1877-1881. He moved to Victoria, worked with the well-known engineer J. M. Coane, and became a licensed surveyor in 1883. He migrated to Queensland, where he followed his profession for many years and in many parts of the State, including Cairns, Brisbane, Ipswich, Maryborough and Hughenden, finally settling at Nambour.
He was a foundation member of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Queensland Branch.
Details
Both his father and mother were personal friends of Charles Dickens and Lord Lytton, and were both descendants of Archbishops of Canterbury. Robert Abbott received his early tuition from Frances Ridley Havergall, a writer of many hymns.
Chronology
- 1877 - 1881
- Career position - Chainman, later surveyor of the South Australian Surveyor-Generals Department
- 1881
- Career event - Licensed Surveyor in South Australia
- 1882 - c. 1885
- Career position - Surveyor, working with engineer J. M. Coane
- 1883
- Career event - Licensed Surveyor in Victoria
- 1885
- Career event - Licensed Surveyor, Queensland
- c. 1885 - 1936
- Career position - Consulting surveyor, Queensland
- 1886
- Career event - Member, Quuensland Branch, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia
- 1888
- Career event - Licensed Surveyor, Queensland, under the Real Property Acts of 1861 and 1877
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- 'Obituary : Mr Robert Abbot[t]', The Australian Surveyor, 6 (3) (1936), 126, https://doi.org/10.1080/00050326.1936.10436508. Details
- Abbott, Robert, 'The maintenance of energy', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1 (1889), 12-20. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8279620. Details
Resources
- 'Abbott, Robert', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474873. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Abbott, Robert', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001576p.htm. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 8 November 2023
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