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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-01-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002673b.htm person Threlkeld Lancelot Edward AACR2 20 October 1788 10 October 1859 Place of Birth Southwark, Surrey, England Missionary Minister of religion Linguist Lancelot Threlkeld was a missionary at Belmont, Lake Macquarie from 1825-1828 and at Toronto, on the other side of Lake Macquarie from 1831-1841. He was a minister of the South Head Congregational Church in Sydney and also conducted a day school from 1842-1845, when he became chaplain of seamen for the Sydney Bethel Union. He was involved in securing the independence of the Leeward Islands. His principal publication was "An Australian Grammar .... of the Language, as Spoken by the Aborigines ... of Hunter's River", 1834. Prior to coming to Australia Threlkeld worked in the UK as a trade apprentice; as an actor with the Royal Circus and Royalty Theatre and in business. 1814 1814 Education - Candidate with the London Missionary Society 1815 1815 Education - Ordained into the London Missionary Society 1816 1816 Life event - Left for the South Seas in the Atlas 1817 1817 Life event - Sailed to Sydney and to Moorea, Society Islands on the Harriet 1825 1828 Career position - Missionary at Belmont, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales 1831 1841 Career position - Missionary at Toronto, New South Wales 1842 1845 Career position - Minister of the South Head Congregational Church in Sydney and conducted a day school 1845 Career position - Sydney Bethel Union 1851 Career position - Member of the Ethnological Society, London Hale, Horatio Emmons (1817 - 1896)

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 'Threlkeld, Lancelot Edward', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Threlkeld, Lancelot Edward Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Threlkeld, Lancelot Edward (1788-1859), missionary and Congregational minister Gunson, Niel Threlkeld, Lancelot Edward (1788-1859), missionary and Congregational minister Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1967 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z Douglas Pike 528-530 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949