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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000053b.htm person Hardman Edward Townley FCS FGS AACR2 6 April 1845 30 April 1887 Place of Birth Drogheda, Louth, Ireland Place of Death Dublin, Ireland Geologist Edward Hardman was seconded from Ireland to the Colonial Office in Western Australia as a temporary geologist (1883). His primary task was to find the colony's first profitable goldfield. Hardman went on two expeditions to the Kimberlys, first in 1883 and then again the following year. It was during the 1884 visit that he discovered good deposits of alluvial gold. This instigated the deployment of many private prospecting parties to the Hall's Creek area in 1885. During these expeditions, Hardman made good notes and geographical maps of the area. His appointment was terminated in October 1885 so he returned to his post in Ireland. In 1887 a position for a permanent government geologist was created, but Edward Hardman fell ill and died before he could accept the posting. 1870 1870 Career position - Geologist on the Geological Survey of Ireland 1871 Career position - Fellow, Royal Geological Society of Ireland (FGSI) 1874 Career position - Fellow, Chemical Society of London (FCS) 1883 1883 Career position - Survey of the Kimberleys region 1883 1885 Career position - Government Geologist with the Colonial Office of Western Australia 1884 1884 Career position - Discovery of the Kimberley goldfield 1885 1885 Career position - Geologist on the Geological Survey of Ireland Western Australian Crown Lands and Surveys Department, Colony of Western Australia (1873 - 1890) 1883 1885

Edward Hardman was employed as a government Geologist in Western Australia from 1883 until 1885.

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 'Hardman, Edward Townley', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hardman, Edward Townley Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Edward Townley Hardman, 1845-1887 Playford, Phillip Edward Townley Hardman, 1845-1887 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Journal Article: Obituary. Edward Townley Hardman Obituary. Edward Townley Hardman 1887 Geological Magazine July Book Section: Hardman, Edward Townley (1845-1887), geologist Playford, Phillip E. Hardman, Edward Townley (1845-1887), geologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1972 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J Douglas Pike 342 Journal Article: "Those riches of which we are so proud": Western Australian geological collecting for international and intercolonial exhibitions 1850 - 1890 Zylstra, Baige "Those riches of which we are so proud": Western Australian geological collecting for international and intercolonial exhibitions 1850 - 1890 2020 Studies in Western Australian history 35 59-74 Journal Article: Northampton lead, Kimberley gold and the Youndegin iron meteorite: early mineral collections in Western Australia (1848 - 1887) Downes, Peter J.; Deacon, Geoff L.; and Bevan, Alex W. R. Northampton lead, Kimberley gold and the Youndegin iron meteorite: early mineral collections in Western Australia (1848 - 1887) 2013 Earth Sciences History Group Newsletter 44 15-25