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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2023-03-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005754b.htm person Austin Robert AACR2 31 December 1825 24 February 1905 Place of Birth Epping Forest, Essex, United Kingdom Place of Death Thornborough, Queensland, Australia Explorer Surveyor Engineer Robert Austin was an explorer and surveyor who between 1847 and 1860 carried out extensive surveys in Western Australia, particularly in the Toodyay-Northam area. The expedition for which he is most remembered, that in the Murchison and Gascoyne regions, was conducted in extremely trying conditions. In 1860 Austin moved to Queensland and for over 20 years was employed in various surveying positions in the Queensland Surveyor-General's Department. In later years he worked wholly on metropolitan civil engineering and surveying projects. Lake Austin in Western Australia was named after him. 1840 1840 Life event - Mmigrated to Western Australia with his family 1847 1860 Career position - Surveyor with the Western Australian Surveyor-General's Department 1860 1861 Career position - Surveyor First (later Second) Class, Queensland Surveyor General's Department 1861 1862 Career position - Commissioner of Crown Lands, Queensland 1862 1880 Career position - Engineer for roads of the southern district, Queensland 1891 1893 Career position - Sergeant-at-Arms, Legislative Assembly, Queensland

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 'Austin, Robert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Austin, Robert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Austin, Robert (1825 - 1905), explorer, surveyor and engineer McLaren, Glen Austin, Robert (1825 - 1905), explorer, surveyor and engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2005 Australian dictionary of biography: supplement 1580 - 1980, with a name index to the Australian dictionary of biography to 1980 Christopher Cunneen 13 Book: 'The Finest Goldfields in the World': the Austin Expedition to the Murchison in 1854 Austin, Robert: edited by Bridge, P. J.; et al. 'The Finest Goldfields in the World': the Austin Expedition to the Murchison in 1854 Perth Hesperian Press 2009 Book: The Forgotten Explorers: Pioneer geologists of Western Australia, 1826-1926 Glover, John; with Bevan, Jenny The Forgotten Explorers: Pioneer geologists of Western Australia, 1826-1926 Victoria Park, W.A. Hesperian Press 2010