Stirling, Edward Charles (Ted)

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English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000798b.htm person Stirling Edward Charles Kt FRS AACR2 8 September 1848 20 March 1919 Place of Birth Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Mount Lofty, South Australia, Australia Anthropologist Physiologist University Administrator Edward Stirling trained and worked as medical practitioner in the United Kingdom before returning to South Australia in 1881. He joined the University of Adelaide as Lecturer in physiology, ultimately becoming the University's first Professor of Physiology from 1900 to 1919 and serving on the Council for nearly 40 years. His interest in the natural history of South Australia led to his participation in expeditions into the inland regions, first in 1890 from Port Darwin to Adelaide. In 1893, with A. H. C. Zeitz, Stirling investigated the fossil deposits at Lake Callabonna. The following year he was medical officer and anthropologist with the Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition. On these trips Stirling made considerable collections of zoological and ethnographic material, from which he published descriptions of unknown species of animals, and reconstructed a skeleton of the extinct Diprotodon australis. Stirling's connection with the South Australian Institute began in 1884 when he became Chairman of the managing Committee. For 25 years from 1889 he was Director of the Institute's museum, often in an honorary capacity, followed by a further five years as Honorary Curator of Ethnology from 1914 to 1919. He served one term in the South Australian Legislative Assembly where, in 1886, he introduced a Bill for women's suffrage. 1870 1870 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) (with honours in natural history), University of Cambridge 1873 1873 Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Cambridge 1874 1874 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Cambridge 1874 1919 Career position - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS) 1880 1880 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Cambridge 1881 1919 Career position - Member of Council, University of Adelaide 1882 1900 Career position - Lecturer in Physiology, University of Adelaide 1884 1885 Career position - Chairman, South Australian Institute Committee 1884 1887 Career position - Member for North Adelaide, South Australian Legislative Assembly 1884 1912 Career position - Director, South Australian Institute 1888 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1888 1889 Career position - President, South Australian Branch, British Medical Association 1888 1889 Career position - President, Royal Society of South Australia 1889 1889 Career position - Inaugural President, Adelaide Medical Students' Society 1893 1893 Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George CMG 1893 1919 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) May 1894 August 1894 Career position - Medical officer and anthropologist, Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition 1895 1913 Career position - Director, South Australian Institute 1900 1919 Career position - Professor of Physiology, University of Adelaide 1905 1905 Career position - President, Australasian Medical Congress, Adelaide 1908 1917 Career position - Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Adelaide 1910 1910 Education - Doctor of Science (ScD), University of Cambridge 1912 1914 Career position - Member of organising committee, British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting 1913 1914 Career position - Honorary Director, South Australian Institute 1914 1914 Career position - Vice-President, Sections H (Anthropology) and I (Physiology), British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting 1914 1919 Career position - Honorary Curator of Ethnology, South Australian Institute 1916 1919 Career position - President, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, South Australia 1917 1917 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - Professor of Physiology at Adelaide University Zietz, Amandus Heinrich Christian (1840 - 1921) Robertson, Thorburn Brailsford (1884 - 1930)

Stirling was Robertson's father-in-law.

The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Professor of Physiology 1900 - 1919; Member of Council 1881 - 1919; Dean, Faculty of medicine 1908 - 1917

South Australian Institute (1856 - 1940)

Director (sometimes in an honorary capacity) 1889 - 1914; Honorary Curator of Ethnology 1914 - 1919

Royal Society of South Australia (1880 - )

President 1888 - 1889

Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition (1894)

Medical office and anthropologist

British Association for the Advancement of Science 84th Meeting (1914)

Member of organising committee 1912 - 1914; Vice-President, Sections H (Anthropology) and I (Physiology) 1914

Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 -

British Medical Association, South Australian Branch (1879 - 1962)

President 1888 - 1889

Luschan, Felix von (1854 - 1924)

Presumed to have met in Adelaide c1914

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Stirling, E C (18480908-19190320)

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'Stirling, Edward Charles (Ted)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Stirling, Edward Charles (Ted) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Conference Paper: Scientific Instruments for Sydney University in the 19th Century Holland, Julian Scientific Instruments for Sydney University in the 19th Century Canberra Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Recovering Science: Strategies and Models for the Past, Present and Future: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of Melbourne, October 1992 Tim Sherratt, Lisa Jooste and Rosanne Clayton 83-86 Journal Article: Sir Edward Stirling, Kt, CMG, FRS, MA, MD, FRCS, CMZS. A Note of Appreciation Verco, J. C. Sir Edward Stirling, Kt, CMG, FRS, MA, MD, FRCS, CMZS. A Note of Appreciation 1919 Medical Journal of Australia 1 298-299 Book Section: Stirling, Sir Edward Charles (1848-1919), surgeon, scientist and politician Mincham, Hans Stirling, Sir Edward Charles (1848-1919), surgeon, scientist and politician Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 200-201 Book Section: The Sir Edward Stirling Memorial Lecture: Reflections of Stirling's Presidential Addresses, and on Medical Historiography in South Australia Gandevia, Bryan The Sir Edward Stirling Memorial Lecture: Reflections of Stirling's Presidential Addresses, and on Medical Historiography in South Australia Parkville Medical History Society, A.M.A. [Victoria Branch] and Medical History Unit, University of Melbourne 1984 Occasional Papers on Medical History Australia Harold Attwood; Frank Forster and Bryan Gandevia 59-84 Journal Article: Vertebrata [of the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition] Stirling, E. C.; and Zeitz, A. Vertebrata [of the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition] 1893 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 16 154-76 Edited Book: Report on the work of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia Spencer, Baldwin Report on the work of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia London: Melbourne Dulau and Co.: Melville, Mullen and Slade 1896 Journal Article: Reconstruction of Diprotodon australis from the Callabonna deposits, South Australia Stirling, E. C. Reconstruction of Diprotodon australis from the Callabonna deposits, South Australia 1907 Nature 76 543-4 Journal Article: On a new Australian mammal Stirling, E. C. On a new Australian mammal Sydney, NSW Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1889 Report of the first meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1 349-351 Journal Article: Genyornis newtoni, a fossil struthious bird from lake Callabonna, South Australia: with description of the bones of the leg and foot Stirling, E. C. and Zietz, A. H. C. Genyornis newtoni, a fossil struthious bird from lake Callabonna, South Australia: with description of the bones of the leg and foot 1896 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20 2 191-210 Journal Article: Description of a new genus an species of marsupial mouse "Notoryctes typhlops" Stirling, E. C.; illustrated by Rosa Fiveash Description of a new genus an species of marsupial mouse "Notoryctes typhlops" 1891 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 14 154-87 Book: Directions for collecting and preserving specimens of natural history Stirling, E. C.; Haake, J. W.; and Beazley, Geo Directions for collecting and preserving specimens of natural history Adelaide Government Printer 1882 Journal Article: Preliminary report on the discovery of native remains at Swanport, Murray River; with an inquiry into the alleged occurrence of a pandemic among the Australian Aboriginals Stirling, E. C. Preliminary report on the discovery of native remains at Swanport, Murray River; with an inquiry into the alleged occurrence of a pandemic among the Australian Aboriginals 1911 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35 4-46 Journal Article: The physical features of Lake Callabonna Stirling, E. C. The physical features of Lake Callabonna 1900 Memoirs of the Royal Society of South Australia 1 2 1-15 Journal Article: Fossil remains of Lake Callabonna Phascolinus gigas Owen and Sceparnodon ramsayi Owen, with a description of some part of its skeleton Stirling, E. C. Fossil remains of Lake Callabonna Phascolinus gigas Owen and Sceparnodon ramsayi Owen, with a description of some part of its skeleton 1913 Memoirs of the Royal Society of South Australia 1 4 127-78 Journal Article: Fossil remains of Lake Callabonna, I: descriptions on the Manus and Pes of Diprotodon australis Owen Stirling, E. C. and Zietz, A. H. C. Fossil remains of Lake Callabonna, I: descriptions on the Manus and Pes of Diprotodon australis Owen 1899 Memoirs of the Royal Society of South Australia 1 1 1-40 Journal Article: Fossil remains of Lake Callabonna, III: description of the vertebrae of Genyornis newtoni Stirling, E. C. and Zietz, A. H. C. Fossil remains of Lake Callabonna, III: description of the vertebrae of Genyornis newtoni 1905 Memoirs of the Royal Society of South Australia 1 3 81-110 Journal Article: Obituary notice: (Sir E. C. Stirling) Verco, Jos. C. Obituary notice: (Sir E. C. Stirling) 1919 Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 43 1-4 Journal Article: Sir E. C. Stirling, C.M.G., F.R.S. K., C. H. Sir E. C. Stirling, C.M.G., F.R.S. 1919 Nature 103 2579 87-8 Journal Article: The founder of the Adelaide Medical School Last, Peter The founder of the Adelaide Medical School 1949 Adelaide Medical Students’ Society review November 7-21 Book Section: A judicious collector: Edward Charles Stirling and the procurement of Aboriginal boodily remains in South Australia, c. 1880 - 1912 Turnbull, P. A judicious collector: Edward Charles Stirling and the procurement of Aboriginal boodily remains in South Australia, c. 1880 - 1912 Farnham, U.K. Ashgate 2011 The body divided: human beings and human "material" in modern medical history Ferber, S.; and Wilde, S. 22 Journal Article: Australian museums, Aboriginal skeletal remains, and the imagining of human evolutionary history Turnbull, Paul Australian museums, Aboriginal skeletal remains, and the imagining of human evolutionary history 2015 Museum & society 13 1 72-87 Edited Book: The Body Divided: Human Beings and Human 'Material' in Modern Medical History Ferber, Sarah and Wilde, Sally The Body Divided: Human Beings and Human 'Material' in Modern Medical History Farnham (U.K.) Ashgate 2011 Resource: The Overland Telegraph Line: A Transcultural History Nettelbeck, Amanda (and others) The Overland Telegraph Line: A Transcultural History South Australia South Australian Government 2023 Book Section: Naracoorte Caves: a critical window of faunal extinctions and past climates Reed, Elizabeth Naracoorte Caves: a critical window of faunal extinctions and past climates Australian Speleological Federation 2019 Proceedings of the 31st conference of the Australian Speleological Federation - the darkness beneath 12-9 Journal Article: Using historical research to constrain the provenance and age of the first recorded collection of extinct Pleistocene large mammal fossils from the Naracoorte Caves, South Australia Turner, N. K. and Reed, E. H. Using historical research to constrain the provenance and age of the first recorded collection of extinct Pleistocene large mammal fossils from the Naracoorte Caves, South Australia 2023 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 147 1 143-59 Journal Article: The First Hundred Years of the Museum, 1856-1956 Hale, H. M. The First Hundred Years of the Museum, 1856-1956 1956 Records of the South Australian Museum 12 1-225 Journal Article: Pleistocene fossil vertebrate sites of the South East region of South Australia Reed, E.H. and Bourne, S. J. Pleistocene fossil vertebrate sites of the South East region of South Australia 2000 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 124 1 61-90 Journal Article: "Old" cave, new stories: the interpretative evolution of Blanche Cave, Naracoorte Reed, Liz and Bourne, Steve "Old" cave, new stories: the interpretative evolution of Blanche Cave, Naracoorte 2013 Journal of the Australasian Cave and Karst Management Association 90 11-28 Book: A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Pybus, Cassandra A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Sydney Allen & Unwin 2024 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Edward Charles Stirling - Records South Australian Museum Archives Edward Charles Stirling - Records A.D. 43 1870 - 1906 Journal and notes of a sea journey from Sydney to Port Darwin and activities in the Northern Territory 1891; journal of a journey across Australia with the Earl of Kintore, Port Darwin to Oodnadatta 1891; journal of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia 1894; journal of a visit to Iceland June - September 1870 (4 volumes); maps of Iceland, NSW, Lake Eyre Basin, Lake Callabonna district and Lake Mulligan; lantern slides and lists, on Aboriginal culture (6 boxes); list of Museum negatives 1-180 and 20 photographs; correspondence 1895-1906 mainly with museums; overall dates 1870-1906 [about 7 volumes, A.D. 43]. 7 volumes Artwork, Photographs Edward Charles Stirling - Records Private hands (Robertson, D.S.) Edward Charles Stirling - Records 1848 - 1919 Family papers c1848-1919. Baldwin Spencer - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Baldwin Spencer - Records ML MSS 29 1880 - 1929 Includes manuscripts by Spencer, 1901-1913; correspondence, 1880-1926 including letters from Edgeworth David, H. Deane, J. J. Fletcher, C. French, W. A. Haswell, C. Hedley, G. C. Henderson, J. P. Hill, G. B. Howes, E. Jenks, J. A. Kershaw, A. Liversidge, A. H. S. Lucas, A. T. Magarey, A. J. North, T. Steel, E. C. Stirling, E. R. Waite, J. A. Watt, J. T. Wilson and C. Winnecke; miscellaneous papers, 1889-1929 consisting chiefly of tributes to Spencer on his retirement, and on his death, with a list of medical and scientific papers by E. C. Stirling. The collection also includes pictorial material. 10 volumes, 1 box, 1 folder