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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-12-03 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000074b.htm person Babbage Benjamin Herschel AACR2 6 August 1815 20 October 1878 Place of Birth London, Middlesex, England Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Engineer Explorer Benjamin Babbage held various public appointments in South Australia. In 1858 he was leader of a northern expedition but because he was so thorough he was considered too slow and was replaced by P. E. Warburton in November. After an ensuing parliamentary inquiry he withdrew from public life.

Born London, 1815. Died Adelaide, 20 October 1878. Pupil of William Chadwell Mylne, engineer of the New River Co., London 1834-36, planning and building railways under Isambard Brunel in Italy and England 1842-48; engineering inspector, Board of Health, England 1848-51; geological and mineralogical survey of South Australia 1851-52; commissioner of gold licences 1852-53, government assayer from 1853, built the Adelaide city to port railway, the first with steam in the colony; explored the Flinders Ranges looking for gold 1856; member of the first House of Assembly 1857; leader of a northern expedition to explore the country between Lakes Torrens and Gairdner and further to the north and west (replaced by P.E. Warburton in November); South Australia's representative at the Intercolonial Exhibition, Melbourne 1866; assistant to Charles Todd (q.v.) in planning and plotting the Overland Telegraph Line and supervisor of contractors 1870-72; ran a large vineyard on his estate at St Mary's.

Mount Babbage in the Flinders Ranges is named after him.

1855 1855 Career Position - President, Adelaide Philosophical Society Babbage, Charles (1791 - 1871) Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia (1866 - 1867)

Commissioner for South Australia 1865 - 1867

 Adelaide Philosophical Society (1853 - 1880)

President 1855

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 'Babbage, Benjamin Herschel', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Babbage, Benjamin Herschel Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Babbbage, Benjamin Herschel (1815-1878), engineer, scientist and explorer Symes, G. W. Babbbage, Benjamin Herschel (1815-1878), engineer, scientist and explorer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1969 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C Douglas Pike 65-66 Parliamentary paper: Northern exploration: reports, etc., of explorations into the interior by Messrs. Babbage, Warburton, Geharty and Parry South Australia. Parliament Northern exploration: reports, etc., of explorations into the interior by Messrs. Babbage, Warburton, Geharty and Parry Adelaide Government Printer 1858 Book: On Hermit Hill: Benjamin Herschel Babbage and the Lake Torrens myth Tucker, Rod On Hermit Hill: Benjamin Herschel Babbage and the Lake Torrens myth North Melbourne Australian scholarly Publishing 2021 Journal Article: Exploding the Lake Torrens horseshoe myth: Benjamin Herschel Babbage's map of Lake Gregory and Hermit Hill Tucker, Rod Exploding the Lake Torrens horseshoe myth: Benjamin Herschel Babbage's map of Lake Gregory and Hermit Hill 2019 University of Melbourne collections 25 13-7 Edited Book: They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work Cumming, D. A.; Moxham, G. C. They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work Adelaide D.A. Cumming and G.C Moxham 1986 Edited Book: Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2: 1830-1890 Bailey, M. R.; Chrimes, M. M.; Cox, R. C.; Cross-Rudkin, P. S. M.; Hurst, B. L.; McWilliam, R. C.; Rennison, R. W.; Ruddock, E. C.; Sutherland, R. J. M.; Swailes, T. Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2: 1830-1890 London, United Kingdom Thomas Telford Publishing 2008 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