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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy and Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000833b.htm person Tietkens William Henry AACR2 30 August 1844 19 April 1933 Place of Birth Ball's Pond, Islington, England Place of Death Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia Explorer Naturalist William Tietkens was an explorer and surveyor who participated in three significant exploring expeditions in Central Australia. On arriving in Victoria he worked for several years in the Castlemaine region and for the Hobson's Bay Railway in Melbourne. He had a long association with explorer Ernest Giles, initially in 1865 assessing the pastoral potential of the upper Darling River. Tietkens was second-in-command to Giles for the latter's second (1873) and fourth (1875 - 1876) expeditions in Central Australia. This last was a successful crossing from South Australia to Western Australia and back. After attempting to open country in outback South Australia for pastoral settlement, Tietkens turned to surveying in New South Wales. In 1889 he led an exploration in Central Australia, leaving Alice Springs in March and arriving in Charlotte Waters in July. Results of this trip included definition of the western borders of Lake Amadeus; the first photographs of Ayers Rock and Mt Olga; and significant natural history and geological specimens. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. The National Herbarium of Victoria holds approximately 250 on Tietkens' plant specimens. 1859 1859 Life event - Arrived in Australia 1873 1873 Career position - Second-in-command on Ernest Giles's second exploration in Central Australia 1875 1876 Career position - Second-in-command on Ernest Giles's fourth exploration in Central Australia 1878 1878 Education - Licensed Surveyors' examination in South Australia 1885 Career position - Foundation Member, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch 1888 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1889 1889 Career position - Leader of exploring expedition in Lake Amadeus district 1889 1933 Award - Fellow, Royal Geographical Society, London 1891 1909 Career position - Surveyor, New South Wales Department of Lands 1900 1900 Career position - President, Section E (Geography), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1909 1909 Life event - Retired National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

The Herbarium holds approximately 250 of Tietkens's specimens

 New South Wales Department of Lands, Colony and State of New South Wales (1859 - 1981)

Surveyor 1891 - 1909

 Giles, William Ernest Powell (Ernest) (1835 - 1897)

Second-in-command of Giles's exploring expeditions of 1873 and 1875 - 1876

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

President, Section E (Geography) 1900; Original [founding] member 1888 -

 Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch (1885 - )

Foundation Member 1885

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 Tietkens, William Henry (1844-1933)

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 'Tietkens, William Henry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Tietkens, William Henry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Tietkens, William Harry (1844-1933), surveyor, prospector and explorer Hartwig, Mervyn Tietkens, William Harry (1844-1933), surveyor, prospector and explorer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 275-276 Journal Article: Experiences in the life of an Australian explorer Tietkens, William Henry Experiences in the life of an Australian explorer 1919 Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 5 2 45-74 Book: Journal of the Central Australian Exploring Expedition, 1889, under command of W.H. Tietkens, despatched by the Central Australian Exploring and Prospecting Association, Limited, under the auspices of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch Tietkens, W. H. Journal of the Central Australian Exploring Expedition, 1889, under command of W.H. Tietkens, despatched by the Central Australian Exploring and Prospecting Association, Limited, under the auspices of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch Adelaide Government Printer 1891 Book: Tietkens 1889 expedition through the Arrernte, Luritja, Pintupi and Pitjantjatjara lands Brooker, Lesley Tietkens 1889 expedition through the Arrernte, Luritja, Pintupi and Pitjantjatjara lands Carlisle, W.A. Hesperian Press 2024 Journal Article: List of plants collected during Mr Tietkens' expedition into Central Australia, 1889 Mueller, F. von and Tate, R. List of plants collected during Mr Tietkens' expedition into Central Australia, 1889 1890 Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 13 94-109 Book: The discovery and exploration of Australia Feeken, Erwin H. J.; Feeken, Gerda E. E.; and Spate, O. H. K. The discovery and exploration of Australia Melbourne Thomas Nelson (Australia) 1970 Journal Article: Recent Journey of Exploration Across the Continent of Australia Young, J. Recent Journey of Exploration Across the Continent of Australia 1878 Journal of the American Geographical Society 10 116-41 Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010 Book: Australia twice traversed : the romance of exploration, being a narrative compiled from the journals of five exploring expeditions into and through Central South Australia, and Western Australia, from 1872 to 1876 Giles, Ernest Australia twice traversed : the romance of exploration, being a narrative compiled from the journals of five exploring expeditions into and through Central South Australia, and Western Australia, from 1872 to 1876 London Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1889 William Henry Tietkens - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales William Henry Tietkens - Records ML DOC 2941 1927 Letters 1927 with postcards and reminiscences of his days as an explorer [ML DOC 2941]. William Henry Tietkens - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales William Henry Tietkens - Records A36-A39 1883 - 1909 Correspondence relating to the Central Australian Exploring Expedition in the records of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia papers 1883-1909. 9 volumes William Henry Tietkens - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection William Henry Tietkens - Records MS 8770 1864 - 1889 Biographical notes on Tietkins and notes on the various districts he explored, by E.L. Cook and others, inventory available [MS 8770]. William Henry Tietkens - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales William Henry Tietkens - Records ML MSS 1352 1859 - 1951 Correspondence 1859-1934 mostly family; reminiscences of Tietkens 1859-1887; diary 1879-1880 kept while superintending well-sinking operations in the Ooldea country; books and articles by or about Tietkens 1889-1932; newspaper cuttings 1922-1951. 2 volumes, 1 box William Henry Tietkens - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales William Henry Tietkens - Records 1923 - 1933 Letters to C.C. Towle 1923-1933; manuscripts and press cuttings with a list of Tietkens's writings [1 volume, 172 pages]. 1 volume, 172 pages