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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-11-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000069b.htm person Armit William Edington AACR2 10 May 1848 3 January 1901 Place of Birth Liège, Belgium Place of Death Samarai, New Guinea Explorer Naturalist Policeman William Armit led an expedition to New Guinea in 1883 which included the eccentric American scientist, Professor W. Denton. He worked as a journalist and naturalist in North Queensland until 1893 when he returned to New Guinea to a succession of public service posts. 1866 1866 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1870 1872 Career position - Stockman, Cleveland Bay, Queensland 1872 1882 Career position - Sub-inspector, Queensland Native Police 1873 1873 Life event - Leader, Raid on Indigenous Australians of Goold Island, Queensland Native Police 1876 1876 Life event - Commander, Skirmish with Indigenous Australian Warriors of Creen Creek, Queensland 1880 1880 Career event - Dismissed for Drunkenness, Queensland Native Police 1881 1881 Career event - Reinstated, Queensland Native Police 1882 1882 Career event - Dismissed for embezzlement of Government Property, Queensland Native Police 1883 1883 Career position - Special Correspondent with the "Argus" newspaper, expedition to South-East New Guinea 1883 1893 Career position - Journalist and Naturalist, Queensland 1893 1895 Career position - Private secretary to the administrator of New Guinea 1895 1897 Career position - Sub-collector of customs, Samarai, New Guinea 1899 1899 Career position - Assistant Resident Magistrate, Northern Division, New Guinea 1899 1900 Career position - Resident Magistrate, New Guinea Colony of Queensland (1859 - 1901) 1872 1882

William Armit was a Sub-Inspector with the Queensland Native Police. He was dismissed twice and was reinstated once.

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 Armit, William Edington (1848-1901)

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 'Armit, William Edington', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Armit, William Edington Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Armit, William Edington de Margrat (1848 - 1901) Armit, William Edington de Margrat (1848 - 1901) 2012 Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, Australian National Herbarium, Biographical Notes Book Section: Armit, William Edington (1848-1901), policeman, journalist, explorer and public servant Gibbney, H. J. Armit, William Edington (1848-1901), policeman, journalist, explorer and public servant Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1969 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C Douglas Pike 48

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 Journal Article: Records of Queensland Botanists Maiden, J. H. Records of Queensland Botanists Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1910 Report of the twelfth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 12 373-383 Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records ML MSS 563 1860 - 1912 Correspondence and miscellaneous papers 1860-1912, containing letters dealing with natural history received from scientific colleagues, including, W.T. Denison, W. Woolls, W.B. Clarke, S. Diggles, A.W. Scott and his daughters Harriett and Helena, C. French (senior), K.H. Bennett, J. MacGillivray, G.W. Barnard, W.E. Armit, K. Broadbent, J.T. Cockerell, J. Rainbird, R. Grant, T.A. Gulliver, S. White, J.F. Wilcox, Count Castlenau [Laporte, François] and F. Mueller. 7 volumes