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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001142b.htm person Creaghe Emily Caroline AACR2 Barnett, Emily Caroline 1 November 1860 11 November 1944 Place of Birth Bay of Bengal, India Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Explorer Caroline Creahge (née Barnett) migrated to Australia in 1876 and left for Thursday Island in 1882. She joined Ernest Favenc's party, along with her husband Harry Creaghe, to explore a region in the Northern Territory bounded by Nicholson River, Powells Creek and the Macarthur River. The party arrived at Normanton by sea in January 1883. Favenc returned to Sydney with his sick wife while Caroline rode with four other men to Carl Creek station and headed back to Gregory Downs station where Favenc was waiting. The party set out westwards in April and reached Powells Creek in May. She headed back to Port Darwin with Harry and left for Sydney in August. From January 1883, Caroloine kept a detailed diary that recorded descriptions of the trip including topography, vegetation, observations of frontier life, and commentary on white and Aboriginal relations. Favenc, Ernest (1845 - 1908)

Member of Favenc's expedition to the Northrn Territory 1883

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 Creaghe, Emily Caroline (1860 - 1944)

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 'Creaghe, Emily Caroline', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Creaghe, Emily Caroline Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Barnett, Emily Caroline (1860-1944), explorer Maff, J. M. Winsome Barnett, Emily Caroline (1860-1944), explorer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 119 Journal Article: Emily Caroline Creaghe 1860-1944, Explorer Stewart, Jean Emily Caroline Creaghe 1860-1944, Explorer 2008 Queensland Historical Journal 20 8 391-401 Emily Caroline Creaghe - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Emily Caroline Creaghe - Records ML MSS 2982 1882 - 1932 Diary 1882-83, with related material describing her experiences on Ernest Favenc's Exploration of Northern Australia with transcript, excerpts from newspaper articles and maps of the exploring party's route, later entries cover the period 1920-32 [1 box, ML MSS 2982]. 1 box