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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000343b.htm person Daintree Richard CMG AACR2 13 December 1832 20 June 1878 Place of Birth Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdonshire, England Place of Death Beckenham, Kent, England Geologist Explorer Richard Daintree came to Victoria in 1852, initially to join the gold rush. Instead he became Geologist in the Geological Society of Victoria under his friend Alfred Selwyn. Daintree's early work for the Survey was mapping the geology around Western Port, the Mornington Peninsula and east of Melbourne into the basin of the Yarra River. He returned to the United Kingdom in late 1855 to study assaying and metallurgy (and photography) at the Royal School of Mines, London. Returning to Melbourne, he had a brief photographic partnership with Antoine Fauchery before rejoining the Survey in January 1859. With his assistant Charles Wilkinson he was engaged in surveying on the western side of Port Philip Bay, before spending several years in the field with Selwyn mapping the western parts of Victoria in preparation for producing geological maps of the colony. During this period he pioneered the use of photography in geological field work. Daintree left the Survey in February 1865 to attend to the property he held in the Burdekin district of Queensland with members of the Hann family. He was briefly Geological Surveyor for the Queensland government for the northern part of the colony. In 1871 he went back to the United Kingdom as Commissioner in charge of Queensland's contribution to the 1871 Exhibition of Art and Industry. From 1872 to 18976 he was Agent-General for Queensland. He is commemorated by the Daintree River and Daintree Rainforest in North Queensland. 1851 1851 Education - Educated at the University of Cambridge, UK 1852 1854 Career position - Gold prospector in Victoria 1854 1 December 1855 Career position - Geologist, Geological Survey of Victoria November 1856 May 1857 Education - Studied assaying and metallurgy, Royal School of Mines, London November 1857 November 1857 Life event - Returned to Victoria 1858 1858 Career position - Partnership of Fauchery and Daintree, photographers, established in Collins St, Melbourne January 1859 February 1865 Career position - Geologist, Geological Survey of Victoria 1862 1868 Career position - Partner with Hann family in pastoral property in Burdekin district, Queensland 1868 1869 Career position - Geological Surveyor for the northern part, Queensland Public Works Department 1871 1871 Career position - Commissioner in charge of Queensland's contribution to the 1871 Exhibition of Art and Industry, London 1872 1872 Life event - Moved to United Kingdom 1872 1876 Career position - Agent-General for Queensland 1878 1878 Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Hann, William (1837 - 1889) Wilkinson, Charles Smith (1843 - 1891) Selwyn, Alfred Richard Cecil (1824 - 1902) Geological Survey of Victoria (1852 - )

Geologist 1852 - 1855, and 1859 - 1865

 Colony of Queensland (1859 - 1901)

Commissioner in charge of Queensland's contribution to the 1871 Exhibition of Art and Industry, London

 Queensland Public Works Department (I), Colony of Queensland (1866 - 1887)

Government Geologist for northern part 1868 - 1869

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 'Daintree, Richard', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Daintree, Richard Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Richard Daintree, a Photographic Memoir Bolton, G. C. Richard Daintree, a Photographic Memoir Brisbane 1965 Journal Article: Richard Daintree; first government geologist of Northern Queensland Mozley, Ann Richard Daintree; first government geologist of Northern Queensland 1965 Queensland Heritage 1 2 11-6 Resource Section: Daintree - first Queensland geological surveyor Daintree - first Queensland geological surveyor 1997 The 1997 Australian Science Festival Book Section: Daintree, Richard (1832-1878), geologist and photographer Bolton, G. C. Daintree, Richard (1832-1878), geologist and photographer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1972 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J Douglas Pike 1-2 Book Section: Richard Daintree, 1832-1878 Bolton, Geoffrey Richard Daintree, 1832-1878 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Journal Article: Notes on the geology of the colony of Queensland, with an appendix containing descriptions of fossils, by R. Etheridge and W. Carruthers Daintree, R. Notes on the geology of the colony of Queensland, with an appendix containing descriptions of fossils, by R. Etheridge and W. Carruthers 1872 Quarterly journal of the Geological Society August 271-360 Book: Queensland, Australia: its territory, climate and products, agricultural, pastoral and mineral &tc., &tc, with emigration regulations Daintree, R. Queensland, Australia: its territory, climate and products, agricultural, pastoral and mineral &tc., &tc, with emigration regulations London G. Street 1873 Journal Article: Biographical Sketch of the Founders of the Geological Survey of Victoria Dunn, E. J.; and Mahony, D. J. Biographical Sketch of the Founders of the Geological Survey of Victoria Melbourne J. Kemp 1910 Bulletins of The Geological Survey of Victoria 23 48 Journal Article: Richard Daintree Etheridge, R. Richard Daintree 1878 Geological magazine, new series, decade II 5 429-32 Journal Article: Richard Daintree: photographs as history Carew, J. Richard Daintree: photographs as history 1999 History of photography 23 2 157-62 Journal Article: Richard Daintree: his early life, work in Victoria, and his correspondence with James Hector Darragh, Thomas A. Richard Daintree: his early life, work in Victoria, and his correspondence with James Hector 2025 Historical Records of Australian Science 36 1-20 Journal Article: Report on research: Richard Daintree negatives at Science Museum of Victoria McGillivray, E. Report on research: Richard Daintree negatives at Science Museum of Victoria 1981 WOPOP: working papers on photography 7 11-4 Journal Article: Selling Queensland: Richard Daintree as Agent-General for Emigration, 1872-76 Morgan, Kenneth Selling Queensland: Richard Daintree as Agent-General for Emigration, 1872-76 2020 Queensland review 27 2 137-53 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Book: The Cranbourne meteorite Murphy, Sean The Cranbourne meteorite North Melbourne Australian Scholarly publishing 2023 Edited Book: History and role of government geological surveys in Australia Johns, R.K. History and role of government geological surveys in Australia Adelaide South Australian Government Printer 1976 Edited Book: The Dictionary of Australian artists : painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870 Kerr, Joan The Dictionary of Australian artists : painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870 Melbourne Oxford University Press 1992 Book Section: Bonwick, James (1817-1906), teacher Featherstone, Guy Bonwick, James (1817-1906), teacher Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1969 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C Douglas Pike 190-182 Richard Daintree - Records John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland Richard Daintree - Records API 02 Collection of photographs of topographical, geological and social interest [Albums API 02, 09, 11 and 13, and APU 1, 8 and 21]. 8 paintings of a topographical character. 15 items Photographs, Artwork Richard Daintree - Records John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland Richard Daintree - Records OM70-39 c. 1831 - 1963 Biographical note on Daintree and other family records c1831-1963 [8 pages, OM70-39]. 8 pages Richard Daintree - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Richard Daintree - Records MS 10038 1860 - 1870 Photocopy of a field book 1861, hand written by Daintree and C.S. Wilkinson. All fossils referred to in these books are in the Museum of Victoria as are the photographs, however, negatives of these photographs are in the State Library of Victoria. 2 volumes Richard Daintree - Records Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland Richard Daintree - Records 1868 - 1870 Three small notebooks containing field observations of surveys in north Queensland; five notebooks containing records of traverses undertaken 1868-70 [8 volumes]. 8 volumes Richard Daintree - Records Private hands (Clarke, E.) Richard Daintree - Records 1864 - 1872 Information and records in the Maryvale papers, Maryvale Station, Charters Towers Queensland. Microfilm Collection Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Microfilm Collection MS 067 Dana, J. D., Geological observations of NSW, pp.114-537; Daintree, R. Notes of certain modes of occurrence of gold in Australia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 1878, xxxiv, pp.431-438; Musgrave, Anthony (1895-1959). Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1931-1958; Royal Society of London. Correspondence concerning the Great Melbourne Telescope in three parts, 1852-1870; Sir Grafton Elliot Smith material. 0.05 m, 1 box Microfilm Clarke Family - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Clarke Family - Records ML MSS 368 1797 - 1954 Includes: papers of William Clarke, 1797-1831 - re family affairs, (MS and printed with MS annotations); papers of W. B. Clarke, 1827-1878 Correspondence 1843-1857, mainly re personal & clerical affairs, including letters from P. G. King and R. J. Childe Miscellaneous papers, 1827-1954, mainly re clerical charges, personal affairs; papers of M. W. S. Clarke 1833-1902 Correspondence, 1833-1902 Miscellaneous papers 1867-1902, include receipts; letters to Georgina Alice Mann 1855-1890 - mainly personal correspondents include her grandmother, Georgina Hely, and Blanche Mitchell; papers of the Mann family, 1855-1884 Correspondence 1859-1884, includes letter from E. H. Hargraves. Miscellaneous papers 1855-1857 include military drawing by Capt. G. K. Mann; miscellaneous papers 1825-1927 -(Contents list); annotated printed material belonging to W. B. Clarke, 1821-1839? - Family Bible, inscribed, 1824 with MS annotations. Maps, 1821-1839? Mainly of Europe, annotated. Pictorial material also held. Includes material on R. Daintree. 1 volume, 2 boxes William Branwhite Clarke - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales William Branwhite Clarke - Records ML MSS 490 1827 - 1951 Papers of W. B. Clarke, 1839-1951, mainly relating to his clerical charges. Also correspondence, 1839-1908, including letters from W. G. Broughton. Papers re St. Thomas' Church. Papers re geology of N.S.W., 1831-1902, including papers re publication of Southern Goldfields. Also account book, list of books etc. Papers of M. W. S. Clarke, 1856-1897. Academic Degrees, 1856-1866; commissions and papers, Volunteer Artillery N.S.W. 1866-1876; miscellaneous papers, 1856-1897, including miner's rights, correspondence and hunting register. Includes material on R. Daintree. 1 volume, 1 box William Branwhite Clarke - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales William Branwhite Clarke - Records ML MSS 454 1827 - 1951 Includes: correspondence and papers, 1835-1934 including 2 letters to Leichhardt, 1844; geological notebooks, 1829-1868 - on geology of Suffolk, Cape Town, Cherbourg and Queensland; miscellaneous papers, 1828-1883 includes material on St. Thomas' Church 1872-1877 and Army Barrack stores, Sydney, 1837-1838. Also maps and pictorial material. Includes material on R. Daintree. 1 volume, 2 boxes William Branwhite Clarke - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales William Branwhite Clarke - Records ML MSS 141 1846 - 1877 Notebook containing a list of contributions to the Sydney Morning Herald, 16 March 1846 - 16 November 1877; MS Notebook containing Annual Address to the Royal Society of New South Wales by W. B. Clarke, 12 May 1869, and 'Notice of a new fossil gigantic Bird of Australia, now named "Dromornis Australia" (Owen)' by W. B. Clarke, read before the Royal Society of New South Wales, 6 June 1877, printed, with MS additions and corrections; Notebook containing anniversary address to the Royal Society of New South Wales, by W. B. Clarke, presented with MS additions and corrections. Includes material on R. Daintree. 1 box