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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-02-19 human Helen Cohn updated 2019-02-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006288b.htm person MacCabe Francis Peter AACR2 1817 27 June 1897 Place of Birth Dublin, Ireland Place of Death Bowral, New South Wales, Australia Surveyor Francis McCabe was a surveyor with the New South Wales Surveyor General's Department for 15 years from 1841. His early surveys were in the southeast of New South Wales. Between 1848 and 1850 he mapped sections of the Murray, Darling and Murrumbidgee Rivers. In accordance with the general instructions of the New South Wales Surveyor General Thomas Mitchell, McCabe was assiduous in recording Aboriginal place names in several language groups during his surveys, possibly the first European to do so. After leaving the Department in 1856 McCabe managed his father-in-law's colliery and fulfilled his political ambitions as member and sometime Mayor of the North Illawarra Council. 1833 1833 Career event - Joined the Ordnance Survey of Ireland 1841 1853 Career position - Assistant Surveyor, New South Wales Surveyor General's Department 1853 1856 Career position - Surveyor, New South Wales Surveyor General's Department 1856 1883 Career position - Manager of the Mt Keira colliery, New South Wales 'MacCabe, Francis Peter', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology MacCabe, Francis Peter Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The Man Behind the Corner: Surveyor Francis Peter MacCabe (1817-1897) MacCabe, Michael The Man Behind the Corner: Surveyor Francis Peter MacCabe (1817-1897) Sydney New South Wales Government, Land & Property Information 2011 Journal Article: The Surveys of F. P. MacCabe and his Records of Aboriginal Placenames at the Junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers Hope, Jeannette and Hercus, Luise The Surveys of F. P. MacCabe and his Records of Aboriginal Placenames at the Junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers 2009 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 121 193-204