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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2024-02-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005605b.htm person Smith Alexander AACR2 20 December 1812 1 September 1872 Place of Birth Greenwich, United Kingdom Place of Death Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia Antarctic explorer Naval officer Astronomer Alexander Smith joined the Royal Navy at 15 and served for four years on HMS Thetis until she was wrecked off South America in 1830. In 1839 he was posted to HMSTerror for James Ross Clark's 1839 - 1843 voyages of exploration in Antarctic waters. At the conclusion of the expedition he was promoted to Lieutenant and was given the senior Royal Navy position at the Rossbank Observatory in Hobart. He resigned from this post in 1852 and moved to Victoria. December 1826 December 1830 Career position - Volunteer Midshipman, H.M.S. Thetis 1832 1835 Career position - Midshipman on board H.M.S. Harrier in the East indies 1835 1835 Career event - Passed Lieutenant's examination 1839 1843 Career position - Midshipman (later Lieutenant), H.M.S. Terror, British Antarctic Expedition 1841 1841 Career event - Promoted Lieutenant 1844 1852 Career position - Naval officer and observer, Rossbank Observatory, Hobart, Tasmania 1853 1861 Career position - Goldfields Commissioner and warden, Castlemaine, Victoria 1853 1861 Career position - Goldfields Commissioner and warden, Castlemaine, Victoria 1864 1864 Career event - Promoted Retired Commander British Antarctic Expedition [I] (1839 - 1843)

Midshipman (later Lieutenant), H.M.S. Terror

 H.M.S. Terror, Royal Navy (1813 - 1848?)

Midshipman (later Lieutenant), British Antarctic Expedition 1839 - 1843

 Rossbank Observatory (1840 - 1854)

Naval officer and observer 1844 - 1852

 'Smith, Alexander', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Smith, Alexander Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Alexander Smith RN (1812-1872): Antarctic Explorer and Goldfields Commissioner Ramsland, John Alexander Smith RN (1812-1872): Antarctic Explorer and Goldfields Commissioner 2013 The Great Circle: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History 35 1 6-28 Journal Article: The History of the Rossbank Observatory, Tasmania Savours, Ann and McConnell, Anita The History of the Rossbank Observatory, Tasmania 1982 Annals of Science 39 527-564 Book: From Antarctica to the Gold Rushes: in the Wake of the Erebus: the Explorations of Alexander Smith RN, Polar Voyager, Astronomer and Goldfields Comissioner, 1812-1872 Ramsland, John From Antarctica to the Gold Rushes: in the Wake of the Erebus: the Explorations of Alexander Smith RN, Polar Voyager, Astronomer and Goldfields Comissioner, 1812-1872 Melbourne Brolga Publishing 2011