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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-03-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000793b.htm person Stanley Owen FRS AACR2 13 June 1811 13 March 1850 Place of Birth England Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marine surveyor Naval officer Owen Stanley was a naval officer and surveyor who, having joined the Royal Navy in his youth, rose to the rank of Post captain. He spent four years engaged in surveying work in South America, including a period in Adventure under Philip Parker King, and from 1836 to 1837 was responsible for astronomical and magnetic observations in Terror while on the Arctic Expedition under the command of George Back. In 1838, while commanding H.M.S. Britomart, Stanley accompanied the expedition to establish Port Essington, having been made magistrate and Commissioner of Crown Lands for the purpose. He was given command of H.M.S. Rattlesnake in 1846 with orders to continue the surveying work of Francis Blackwood in H.M.S.Fly particularly in relation to a safe passage through the Great Barrier Reef and the Torres Strait. Surveys were made of large areas of northeastern Australian waters, the Arafura Sea, and much of southern New Guinea including the Louisade Islands. Scientists on the expedition were John MacGillivray (naturalist, who had also been in Fly) and Thomas H. Huxley (Assistant Surgeon and Naturalist). While the facilities available to them was not optimal, they nevertheless made considerable collections of natural history specimens, including of marine biota with the aid of improvised tow nets. After Stanley's death, command of the expedition was assumed by Lieutenant Charles Yule, formerly in charge of the accompanying tender Bramble. Stanley is commemorated in the Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea. 1830 1830 Career event - Commissioned as Lieutenant, Royal Navy 1839 1839 Career event - Promoted to Commander, Royal Navy 1842 1850 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 1844 1844 Career event - Promoted to Post Captain, Royal Navy December 1846 March 1850 Career position - Commanded H.M.S. Rattlesnake surveying in northeast Australian and New Guinean waters Yule, Charles Bampfield (1806 - 1878) Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895) MacGillivray, John (1821 - 1867) King, Phillip Parker (1791 - 1856)

Served under King in H.M.S. Adventure 1830

 H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Royal Navy (1822 - 1860)

Commander December 1846 - March 1850

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 'Stanley, Owen', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Stanley, Owen Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: From the edge: Australia's lost histories McKenna, Mark From the edge: Australia's lost histories Melbourne The Miegunyah Press (University of Melbourne Publishing Ltd) 2016 Book Section: Stanley, Owen (1811-1850), naval officer West, Francis Stanley, Owen (1811-1850), naval officer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1967 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z Douglas Pike 470-471 Book: Discoveries in Australia: with an account of the coasts and rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the years1837-38-39-40-41-42-43, by command of the Lords Commissioners of the Navy: also, a narrative of captain Owen Stanley's visits to the islands in the Arafura Sea Stokes, J. Lort Discoveries in Australia: with an account of the coasts and rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the years1837-38-39-40-41-42-43, by command of the Lords Commissioners of the Navy: also, a narrative of captain Owen Stanley's visits to the islands in the Arafura Sea London T. and W. Boone 1846 Book: Owen Stanley, R.N., 1811 - 1850, captain of the Rattlesnake Lubbock, Adelaide Owen Stanley, R.N., 1811 - 1850, captain of the Rattlesnake Melbourne: London Heinemann 1968 Journal Article: Owen Stanley and the Rattlesnake Moyal, Ann Owen Stanley and the Rattlesnake 2012 National Library Magazine 2012 June 8-11 Journal Article: Connections in charting the Great Barrier Reef, 1770 - 1850 Beanland, Denver Connections in charting the Great Barrier Reef, 1770 - 1850 2019 Queensland history journal 24 3 251-67 Journal Article: Navigating the Great Barrier Reef: the inner and outer routes, 1815 - 1860 Morgan, Kenneth Navigating the Great Barrier Reef: the inner and outer routes, 1815 - 1860 2021 International journal of maritime history 31 1 37-53 Thesis: On such a full sea: John MacGillivray (1821 - 1867) Jensen, Sophie Alice On such a full sea: John MacGillivray (1821 - 1867) Australian National University 2010 Book: The Rattlesnake: a Voyage of Discovery to the Coral Sea Goodman, Jordan The Rattlesnake: a Voyage of Discovery to the Coral Sea London Faber and Faber 2005 Book: Thomas Henry Huxley's Diary of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake Huxley, J. Thomas Henry Huxley's Diary of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake London 1935 Journal Article: Owen Stanley in the Pacific Lubbock, Adelaide Owen Stanley in the Pacific 1968 Journal of Pacific history 3 47-63 Journal Article: Losing it in New Guinea: the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake Goodman, Jordan Losing it in New Guinea: the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake 2005 Endeavour 29 60-5 Book: Behind the picture: H.M.S. Rattlesnake's New Guinea cruise, 1846 to 1850 Bassett, Marnie Behind the picture: H.M.S. Rattlesnake's New Guinea cruise, 1846 to 1850 Melbourne Oxford University Press 1966 Journal Article: Signal naval achievements of James Lind (1747), James Cook (1770) and Owen Stanley (1847) Mellick, Sam A. Signal naval achievements of James Lind (1747), James Cook (1770) and Owen Stanley (1847) 2009 ANZ journal of surgery 79 12 936-40 Book: T. H. Huxley's diary of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake Huxley, T. H.: edited from the unpublished MS by Julian Huxley T. H. Huxley's diary of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake London Chatto and Windus 1935 Book: Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake: commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S., etc., during the years 1846 - 1850, including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the Louisade Archipelago, etc., to which is added the account of Mr E. B. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the cape York Peninsula MacGillivray, John Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake: commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S., etc., during the years 1846 - 1850, including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the Louisade Archipelago, etc., to which is added the account of Mr E. B. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the cape York Peninsula London T. & W. Boone 1852 Book: The Great Barrier Reef: History, Science, Heritage Bowen, James; Bowen, Margarita The Great Barrier Reef: History, Science, Heritage Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002 Book: British oceanographic vessels 1800 - 1950 Rice, A. L. British oceanographic vessels 1800 - 1950 London Ray Society 1986 Owen Stanley - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Owen Stanley - Records ML DOC 1127 1848 ALS to E.D. Thompson from the "Rattlesnake" at Cape Grafton 1848 reporting on Stanley's survey of the inner passage to Cape York. Owen Stanley - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Owen Stanley - Records FM 4/2127 1832 - 1850 Microfilm of letters and diaries 1832-1850 including correspondence with J. Thomson and J.C. Tyers, accounts of the voyage of the "Rattlesnake" 1849-1850 with typescript extracts from T. Huxley's diary, and sketches, maps and correspondence 1932-1849 relating mainly to C. Stanley's voyage to Tasmania on the "Windermere" 1846. Microfilm Owen Stanley - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Owen Stanley - Records 1841 - 1849 5 letters 1841-94. 5 items Owen Stanley - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Owen Stanley - Records Mfm M463 1832 - 1850 Microfilm of records of the Stanley family c1832-50 which includes material relating to J. Thomson, J.C. Tyres, T. Huxley and C. Stanley. 1 reel Microfilm G. H. Inskip - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection G. H. Inskip - Records MS 3784 1849 - 1950 Journal kept from 8 March 1849 until 3 November 1850. For much of this period Inskip served on HMS Bramble, the tender to the Rattlesnake. 260 pages James Thomas Stanton - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection James Thomas Stanton - Records MS 4029 1849 - 1951 Log of the proceedings of Her majesty's surveying ship "Rattlesnake", captained by Owen Stanley; log kept by James Thomas Stanton, midshipman, commencing Wednesday 2 May 1849 and ending Wednesday 13 March 1850. The log was complied during a survey of the eastern coast of Australia, from Port Jackson to Cape York and the southern coast of New Guinea. 1 volume William Henry Archer - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection William Henry Archer - Records MS 264 1847 - 1866 48 Letters from a number of correspondents including: John Pascoe Fawkner, Carboni Raffaello, Rev. Patrick Smyth, Robert Hoddle, C.J. Tyers, Sir R.R. Torrens, F. Mueller, William Hovell and Owen Stanley concerning explorations, latitudes, the Eureka Stockade, meteorology, registration systems, Aborigines and other matters 1847-66. 0.03 m, 2 folders