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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-04-28 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002312b.htm person Curr Edward Micklethwaite AACR2 25 December 1820 3 August 1889 Place of Birth Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Place of Death St Kilda, Victoria, Australia Stock inspector Pastoralist Edward Curr managed properties in Victoria and Queensland, imported horses to New Zealand, was inspector and chief inspector of sheep and later chief inspector of stock in Victoria. He published works on Australian aborigines.

Educated at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, UK and spent a year in Quincy, France to learn French. Managed his father's properties in Victoria 1841-50, travelled in Europe and the Middle East 1851-54, imported horses from New South Wales to New Zealand 1854-56, pastoral activities in Queensland 1856-61, imported horses to New Zealand 1862, inspector of sheep, Victoria 1862-64, chief inspector 1864-71, chief inspector of stock 1971-?. Published "The Australian Race: its origins, languages, customs" (4 vols) in 1886-87.

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 'Curr, Edward Micklethwaite', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Curr, Edward Micklethwaite Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (1820-1889), squatter and author Forster, Harley W. Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (1820-1889), squatter and author Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1969 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C Douglas Pike 508 Book: The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia, and the routes by which it spread itself over that continent Curr, Edward M. The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia, and the routes by which it spread itself over that continent Melbourne: London Government Printer: Trubner 1886-7 Book: Edward M. Curr and the tide of history Furphy, Samuel Edward M. Curr and the tide of history Canberra ANU E Press 2013 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949