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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-05-30 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001471b.htm person Wragge Clement Lindley AACR2 18 September 1852 10 December 1922 Place of Birth Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England Place of Death Birkenhead, New Zealand Meteorologist Surveyor Clement Wragge worked for the Surveyor-General's Department, South Australia 1876-1878 when he returned to England. During the 1880s he came back to Australia and established a number of observatories. He was Queensland Government Meteorologist 1887-1902.

Wragge arrived in Australia from England as a seaman at a young age and, after some years in New South Wales and Queensland, left for the US, but returned to South Australia and came under the influence of Sir Charles Todd. He returned to England in 1878 and established the Ben Nevis Observatory in Scotland in 1881. Back in Australia, he established observatories on Mt Lofty (SA), Mt Wellington (Tasmania) and Mt Kosciusko (New South Wales) before being appointed Queensland Government Meteorologist in 1887. From there he began issuing weather maps and forecasts for the whole of Australia. When passed over for the post of Commonwealth Meteorologist in 1907 he moved to Auckland and established a private weather service. A Hundred Years of Science and Service, Bureau of Meteorology, 2001.

1877 1878 Career Position - Member, Adelaide Philosophical Society Adelaide Philosophical Society (1853 - 1880)

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 'Wragge, Clement Lindley', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wragge, Clement Lindley Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Conference Paper: Amateur Scientists: Finding and Preserving their Contributions to the Growth of Scientific Research in Australia Hicks, Shauna and Frankland, Kathryn Amateur Scientists: Finding and Preserving their Contributions to the Growth of Scientific Research in Australia Canberra Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Recovering Science: Strategies and Models for the Past, Present and Future: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of Melbourne, October 1992 Tim Sherratt, Lisa Jooste and Rosanne Clayton 79-82 Resource Section: The Origins of Australian Meteorology Gibbs, W. J. The Origins of Australian Meteorology 2001 Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Book: The Origins of Australian Meteorology, Metarch Papers No. 12 Gibbs, W. J. The Origins of Australian Meteorology, Metarch Papers No. 12 Bureau of Meteorology 1998 Book Section: Wragge, Clement Lindley (1852-1922), meteorologist Wilson, Paul D. Wragge, Clement Lindley (1852-1922), meteorologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 576-577 Book: Experiences of a Meteorologist in South Australia [1883-1884] Wragge, Clement Lindley Experiences of a Meteorologist in South Australia [1883-1884] Warradale Pioneer Books 1980 Edited Book: The magic lantern at work: witnessing, persuading, experiencing and connecting Jolly, Martyn; and de Courcy, Elisa The magic lantern at work: witnessing, persuading, experiencing and connecting London Routledge 2020 Resource: Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Federation and Meteorology 2001 Clement Lindley Wragge - Records Royal Historical Society of Queensland Clement Lindley Wragge - Records 1887 - 1902 Newspaper cuttings c1887-1902. Clement Lindley Wragge - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Clement Lindley Wragge - Records MS 11124 1877 Booklet containing correspondence with F. Mueller and F.G. Waterhouse 1877 relating to the preservation of natural history specimens; leaflet advertising a scientific entertainment by Wragge [2 items, MS 11124]. 2 items Clement Lindley Wragge Clement Lindley Wragge

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