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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Annette Alafaci updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001141b.htm person Colson Edmund Albert AACR2 Colson, Ted 3 June 1881 27 February 1950 Place of Birth Richmans Creek, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Balaklava, South Australia, Australia Anthropologist Explorer Ted Colson was founder of Colson trading Co. (Northern Territory) and an outback explorer, who pioneered new routes through central Australia. His expeditions included crossing the Simpson Desert and reaching the Queensland - Northern Territory - South Australian boarder known as Poeppel's Corner. Many of Colson's explorations were driven by his strong interest in the Aboriginal tribes, teaching himself many of their dialects, customs and rites. 1896 1896 Life event - Arrived at the Norseman goldfields in Western Australia 1917 1917 Life event - Moved to Victoria c. 1918 c. 1926 Career position - Worked on the Maroondah dam construction 1926 Career position - Established a motor transport service between Healesville and Melbourne 1927 1927 Career position - Worked on Oodnadatta railway extension in South Australia 1928 1928 Career position - Exploration west of Goyder Rover in South Australia 1930 1930 Career position - Guide and Cameleer on Michael Terry's expeditions from Petermann to Tomkinson ranges 1931 1931 Career position - Established a sheep farm and general store at Blood Creek station in Abminga, South Australia 1936 1936 Career position - Exploration east of Blood Creek to Poeppel's Corner

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 'Colson, Edmund Albert (Ted)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Colson, Edmund Albert (Ted) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Colson, Edmund Albert (1881-1950), explorer and bushman Horne, C. J. Colson, Edmund Albert (1881-1950), explorer and bushman Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 474-475 E.A. Colson - Records South Australian Museum Archives E.A. Colson - Records A.D. 39 1931 - 1932 Unpublished manuscript entitled 'Legend of the Innja' by E.A. Colson (23pp.); correspondence between E.A. Colson and N.B. Tindale 1931-32; map of the Finke River District and the Alberga River; typescript concerning the eclipse of the sun near Mount Tieyon, Central Australia 1856; manuscript in N.B. Tindale's hand entitled 'Legend of the Innja' [5 files, A.D. 39]. 5 files