Conder, William Jacomb (1832 - 1890)

Summary

William Conder was the Superintendent of the Trigonometrical Survey of New South Wales during the 1860s and 1870s. In 1878, William carried out critical astronomical observations associated with the determination of the NSW/Queensland border. In 1882 he was a member of the expedition to Lord Howe Island to observe the transit of Venus, and in 1886 attended the first meeting to consider forming an Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Chronology

1850s

Life event - Arrived in Victoria

1865

Career event - Appointed Licensed Surveyor, Department of Lands, New South Wales

c. 1881

Career position - Vice president, New South Wales Institute of Surveyors

1881

Career event - Committee member, Astronomy physical science section, Royal Society of New South Wales

1882

Career position - Member, Board of examiners, Licensed Surveyors, Crown Land Act, New South Wales

1882

Career event - Observations on Lord Howe Island of the transit of Venus [with T F Furber]

1883

Career event - Attended an Intercolonial Conference of Surveyors, Melbourne

1886

Career event - Attended founding meeting, Sydney, New South Wales

1887

Career position - Chairman, Local land board, Cooma

1888 -

Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

1890

Career position - Chairman, Board of Inquiry into Local Land Boards, New South Wales

Related entries

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Conder, W. J., 'On some observations for longitude at Lambie', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, 15 (1881), 386-392, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41331160. Details
• Leibius, A., 'Anniversary adress', Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 25 (1891), 1-45. Details

Resources

• 'Conder, William Jacomb', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473127. Details