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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/P000142b.htm person Schleinitz Georg Gustav Freiherr Von AACR2 17 June 1834 12 December 1910 Place of Birth Bromberg, Prussia Place of Death Saxony, Germany Hydrographer Governor Georg von Schleinitz entered the Prussian Navy in 1849 and spent much of the next forty years exploring the South Pacific. From 1874 to 1875 he sailed to the Kerguelen Islands, New Guinea, Melanesia, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa collecting anthropological data on the way. In 1880 he was put in charge of the Admiralty Hydrographical Office and began documenting his past expeditions. The work was eventually published as Die Forschungsreise S.M.S. 'Gazelle' in den Jahren 1874 bis 1876 unter Kommando des Kapitän zur See Freiherrn von Schleinitz - a five volume set published between 1889 and 1890. von Schleinitz resigned from the navy in February 1886 and went to New Guinea as the first governor of the protectorate of the New Guinea Co. He became the first European to bring labourers from the New Guinea islands to work on the mainland (Kaiser Wilhelmsland / Papua New Guinea) and together they built new towns. von Schleinitz also established a shipping service and carried out more scientific expeditions, including one up the Sepik River in 1887. 1849 1886 Career position - Entered the Prussian Navy 1874 1876 Career position - Commander of the imperial corvette Gazelle and explored the Pacific and beyond c. 1880 1886 Career position - Head of the Admiralty Hydrographical Office 1886 1888 Career position - First governor (Landeshauptmann) of the protectorate of the New Guinea Co. 1888 1888 Life event - Returned to Berlin and retired due to ill health

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 Schleinitz, Georg Emil Gustav (1834-1910)

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 'Schleinitz, Georg Gustav Freiherr Von', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Schleinitz, Georg Gustav Freiherr Von Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Schleinitz, Georg Gustav, Freiherr Von (1834-1910), hydrographer and governor Firth, S. Schleinitz, Georg Gustav, Freiherr Von (1834-1910), hydrographer and governor Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 90-91