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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Rosanne Walker; Helen Cohn updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001034b.htm person Coghlan Timothy Augustine KCMG ISO AACR2 9 June 1855 30 April 1926 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death London, England Statistician Timothy Coghlan was a statistician who earned an international reputation for his work as Government Statistician for New South Wales. He joined the Department of Public Works in 1873, becoming Assistant Engineer in 1884, but found the mathematical and statistical aspects of the work more interesting. Appointed Government Statistician in 1886 amid some controversy, his first major achievement was the publication in 1887 of the Wealth and progress of New South Wales (the forerunner of The official yearbook of New South Wales) in which he elaborated on his theories of he influence of economics in populations and population growth as a reflection of prosperity. These were recurring themes throughout his career. Coghlan was consulted by government on taxation and other financial matters. Government agencies in which he was involved included the N.S.W. Public Service Board, the Central Board for Old-Age Pensions, and the royal commission into the Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board. His views on free trade were influential in the public debates leading up to federation. Invited in 1903 by the Prime Minister, Edmund Barton, to comment on the proposed Bureau of Statistics, Coghlan declined the position of federal statistician. For three periods between 1905 and 1926 he was Agent General for New South Wales in London. During this time he made efforts to improve the State's financial position and promote migration. He also published the landmark book Labour and industry in Australia (1918). 1870 1870 Career event - Employed in the Wool-broking office of Edward Flood 1870 1872 Career position - Pupil-teacher, Fort Street Public School, Sydney 1873 1884 Career position - Cadet, Harbours and Rivers Navigation Branch, New South Wales Department of Public Works 1884 1886 Career position - Assistant Engineer, New South Wales Deptartment of Public Works 1886 1886 Career position - Member, New South Wales Public Service Board 1886 1905 Career position - New South Wales Government Statistician 1887 1887 Career event - First issue of Wealth and progress of New South Wales published 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1892 1905 Career position - Registrar of Friendly Societies 1893 1926 Award - Fellow, Royal Statistical Society, London 1900 1905 Career position - Chairman, Central Board for Old-Age Pensions 1902 1902 Career position - President (jointly), Section G (Social Science and Agriculture), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1903 1903 Award - Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO) - Agent-General for New South Wales in London 1905 1915 Career position - New South Wales Agent-General, London 1914 1914 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - Agent-General for New South Wales in London 1916 1917 Career position - New South Wales Agent-General, London 1918 1918 Career event - Publsihed Labour and industry in Australia 1918 1918 Award - Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) - Agent-General for New South Wales in London 1920 1926 Career position - New South Wales Agent-General, London Australian Joint Copying Project, National Library of Australia; and State Library of New South Wales (1945 - 1993)

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

Original [founding] member 1888 - ; President (jointly), Section G (Social Science and Agriculture) 1902

 State of New South Wales (1901 - )

Government Statistician 1901 - 1905, Agent General, London 1905 - 1926 (three non-consecutive terms)

 Colony of New South Wales (1788 - 1901)

Government Statistician 1886 - 1900

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 'Coghlan, Timothy Augustine', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Coghlan, Timothy Augustine Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Coghlan, Sir Timothy Augustine (1855-1926), statistician and public servant Hicks, Neville Coghlan, Sir Timothy Augustine (1855-1926), statistician and public servant Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 48-51 Journal Article: T. A. Coghlan Hard Measurable Reality York, Barry T. A. Coghlan Hard Measurable Reality 2000 National Library of Australia News February 2000 11-13 Book: Statistics : six states of Australia and New Zealand, 1861-1903 Coghlan, T. A. Statistics : six states of Australia and New Zealand, 1861-1903 Sydney Government Printer 1904 Book: Labour and industry in Australia : from the first settlement in 1788 to the establishment of the Commonwealth in 1901 Coghlan, T. A. Labour and industry in Australia : from the first settlement in 1788 to the establishment of the Commonwealth in 1901 London Oxford University Press 1918 Book: The wealth and progress of New South Wales Coghlan, T. A. The wealth and progress of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Statisticians' Office 1887 Book Section: Coghlan, Timothy Augustine Hicks, Neville and Woodburn, Susan Coghlan, Timothy Augustine Melbourne Oxford University Press 1998 The Oxford companion to Australian history Davidson, Graeme, Hirst, John and McIntyre, Stuart 136-7 Journal Article: Official statistics in the late colonial period leading on to the work of the first Commonwealth Statistician, G. H. Knibbs Heyde, C. C. Official statistics in the late colonial period leading on to the work of the first Commonwealth Statistician, G. H. Knibbs 1988 Australian Journal of Statistics 30 B 23-43 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Timothy Augustine Coghlan - Records Private hands (Cordell, J.M.) Timothy Augustine Coghlan - Records 1886 - 1905 Records relating to the production of "T.A. Coghlan, government statist of New South Wales 1886-1905" by J.M. Cordell. Timothy Augustine Coghlan - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Timothy Augustine Coghlan - Records MS 6335 1878 - 1959 Correspondence on family, political and statistical matters; documents; diaries; press cuttings and printed matter; overall dates 1878-1956 [1.12 m, MS 6335]. 1.12 m