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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-11-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002781b.htm person Worsnop Thomas AACR2 2 February 1821 24 January 1898 Place of Birth Wortley, England Place of Death North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Town clerk Thomas Worsnop was town clerk, Adelaide City Council 1869-1898. He is commemorated by a portrait in the Adelaide Council Chambers. Worsnop was a member of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch and the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Before coming to Australia Worsnop worked for W. Bruce a wool manufacturer in Leeds then as a teacher, probably in Yorkshire. 1852 1852 Life event - Migrated to Australia (Adelaide) on 12 November 1852 1859 Career position - Storeman for Elder, Stirling & Co. 1860 1862 Career position - Farmer (unsuccessful) 1863 1864 Career position - Lessee of the Globe Inn in Rundle Street, Adelaide 1864 1864 Life event - Declared bankrupt on the 16 May 1864 1866 Career position - Worked as a Teamster on many far northern stations 1866 1868 Career position - Clerk in the Town Clerk's Department of the Adelaide City Council 1868 1868 Career position - City Treasurer and Assistant Town Clerk 1869 1898 Career position - Town Clerk 1878 1878 Career event - History of the City of Adelaide published 1880s 1880s Career event - The Historical Record of South Australia 1512-1854 written but unpublished 1885 1898 Career position - Foundation member, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch 1895 1895 Career position - President, Section F (Ethnology and Anthropology), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1897 1897 Career event - The Prehistoric Arts, Manufactures, Works, Weapons, etc., of the Aborigines of Australia published Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

President, Section F (Ethnology and Anthropology) 1895

 Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch (1885 - )

Foundation Member 1885 - 1898

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 'Worsnop, Thomas', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Worsnop, Thomas Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Worsnop, Thomas (1821-1898), town clerk and author Mullins, Helen R. Worsnop, Thomas (1821-1898), town clerk and author Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 440