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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-12-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001111b.htm person Hedley Charles AACR2 27 February 1862 14 September 1926 Place of Birth Masham, Yorkshire, England Place of Death Mosman, New South Wales, Australia Conchologist Malacologist Museum curator Shell collector Charles Hedley was a self-taught naturalist with a keen interest in shells and coral reefs. Originally migrating first to New Zealand and then to Australia to help relieve his chronic asthma, he started oyster farming in Morton Bay, and later set up an orchard on Boyne Island. After injuring his arm, Hedley gave up his farming career and joined the Queensland Museum as a volunteer (1888). Within a year he was appointed to the Museum's staff. He joined the Australian Museum in Sydney in 1891 as a scientific assistant, later becoming Conchologist and ultimately, from 1921 to 1924, Principal Keeper of the Collections. In 1896 Hedley was the Australian Museum's representative on the Royal Society's expedition to the atoll of Funafuti, his collections from the expedition being deposited in the Museum. On resigning from the Museum in 1924 he became Scientific Director of the Great Barrier Reef Committee. Hedley was probably the first Australian to study the molluscs rather than the shells they lived in. His more than 230 papers were mostly concerned with molluscan taxonomy, where he published descriptions of 53 new genera and more than 900 new species, but he also wrote widely on ethnography, zoogeography, reef formation and geology. A feature of his work was his excellent illustrations and detailed notes he recorded on the specimens he collected. His personal library of molluscan literature was presented to the Australian Museum by his widow. Hedley's Line was named for his recognition of the faunistic break at the Tonga Trench. 1881 1881 Life event - Migrated to New Zealand 1882 1882 Life event - Migrated to Australia (Queensland) 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1888 1891 Career position - Assistant curator of molluscs, Queensland Museum in Brisbane 1889 1926 Award - Fellow, Linnean Society, London 1890 1890 Career position - Collecting expedition to Papua 1891 1896 Career position - Scientific Assistant, Australian Museum in Sydney 1896 1896 Career position - Royal Society of London expedition to Funafuti Atoll in the Ellice Islands 1896 1907 Career position - Conchologist, Australian Museum 1897 1897 Career position - Collection expedition to New Caledonia 1897 1924 Career position - Member of Council, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1908 1920 Career position - Assistant Curator, Australian Museum 1909 1909 Career position - President, Section D (Biology), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1909 1911 Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1910 1911 Career position - President, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1914 1914 Career position - President, Royal Society of New South Wales 1916 1916 Award - David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne 1919 Career position - Foundation Councillor (Anthropology), Australian National Research Council 1921 1924 Career position - Principal Keeper of Collections, Australian Museum 1923 Career position - Vice-President, Malacological Society of London 1924 1924 Career position - Scientific Director of the Great Barrier Reef Committee 1925 1925 Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales David Syme Research Prize, The University of Melbourne (1904 - )

Awarded the Prize 1916

 Australian Museum (1827 - )

Conchologist 1896 - 1907; Assistant Curator 1908 - 1920; Principal Keeper of Collections 1921 - 1924

 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (1879 - )

President 1910 - 1911

 Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1878 - )

Awarded the Medal 1925

 Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

President 1914

 Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

President 1909 - 1911; Member of Council 1897 - 1924

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

Original [founding] member 1888 - ; President, Section D (Biology) 1909

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Foundation Member (Anthropology) 1919 -

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 'Hedley, Charles', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hedley, Charles Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Report: The work of the Division of Economic Entomology for the year 1928-29 Tillyard, R.J. The work of the Division of Economic Entomology for the year 1928-29 Melbourne Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia) 1929 Book Section: Hedley, Charles (1862-1926), naturalist Fairfax, Denis Hedley, Charles (1862-1926), naturalist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 252-253 Journal Article: Charles Hedley and the 1896 Royal Society expedition to Funafuti Rodgers, K. A.; and Cantrell, Carol Charles Hedley and the 1896 Royal Society expedition to Funafuti 1988 Archives of Natural History 15 3 269-280 Journal Article: [Obituary: Charles Hedley] [Obituary: Charles Hedley] 1926 Australian Zoologist 4 5 289-290 Journal Article: A list of the land snails recorded from Queensland Hedley, C. A list of the land snails recorded from Queensland 1888 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 5 45-70 Journal Article: The Australian Journal of Dr. W. Stimpson, Zoologist. With an Introduction by Charles Hedley Hedley, Charles The Australian Journal of Dr. W. Stimpson, Zoologist. With an Introduction by Charles Hedley 1914 Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales xlviii 140-151 Journal Article: Report on the Mollusca collected by My Herbert Basedow on the South Australian Government north-west expedition, 1903 Hedley, Charles Report on the Mollusca collected by My Herbert Basedow on the South Australian Government north-west expedition, 1903 19-5 Transactions and proceedings and report of the Royal Society of South Australia 29 161-5 Book: Mollusca Hedley, C. Mollusca Sydney Government Printer 1916 Journal Article: South Australian nudibranchs, and an enumeration of the known Australian species Basedow, H. & Hedley, C. South Australian nudibranchs, and an enumeration of the known Australian species 1905 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 29 134-60 Resource: Shellers from the past and the present Rice, Tom Shellers from the past and the present Mactan Island, Philippines Conchology Inc. 2023 Journal Article: Charles Hedley Iredale, T. Charles Hedley 1967 Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 88 26-31 Journal Article: Presidential address Woolnough, W. G. Presidential address 1927 Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 61 1-53 Journal Article: Charles Hedley's Papers Indexed Iredale, T. Charles Hedley's Papers Indexed 1956 Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 118-139 Journal Article: Charles Hedley, 1862-1926 (Memorial series, no. 5) C. A. [ie Charles Anderson] Charles Hedley, 1862-1926 (Memorial series, no. 5) 1936 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 61 3/4 209-220 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Book Section: Sydney's Molluscs: from Gentlemen to Malacologists Beechey, D. L. Sydney's Molluscs: from Gentlemen to Malacologists Mosman, N.S.W. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 2010 The Natural History of Sydney Lunney, Daniel, Hutchings, Pat A. and Hochuli, Dieter 107-24 Resource: Hedley, Charles (England-Australia 1862-1926 Smith, Charles H. Hedley, Charles (England-Australia 1862-1926 Some Biogeographers, Evolutionists and Ecologists: Chrono-Biographical Sketches Book: Narrative of an expedition of exploration in north-western Australia Basedow, Herbert Narrative of an expedition of exploration in north-western Australia Adelaide W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers 1918 Book: The first one hundred years of the Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 1879 - 1979 Prince, J. H. The first one hundred years of the Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 1879 - 1979 Sydney Royal Zoolgical Society of New South Wales 1979 Charles Hedley - Records Australian Museum Charles Hedley - Records Series 71 Proposed superannuation scheme papers 1895-1919, including submissions and exhibits used in a legal case against C. Hedley. 0.25 m Charles Hedley - Records Australian Museum Charles Hedley - Records Series 29 1895 - 1919 Assistant curators' reports on overseas museums 1911-13: C. Anderson on British and continental museums, and C. Hedley on American museums. 0.13 m 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