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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-03-29 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-09-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006915b.htm person Blackwood Francis Price AACR2 25 May 1809 22 March 1854 Place of Birth London, United Kingdom Place of Death Cambridge, United Kingdom Naval officer Marine surveyor Francis Blackwood was a naval officer and surveyor who made two extended visits to Australia on surveying voyages off the north east coast. The first was in command of H.M.S. Hyacinth to which he was appointed in 1833. Between 1841 and 1845 he commanded H.M.S. Fly, his principal orders relating the survey of a safe passage through the Great Barrier Reef. He charted successfully large tracts of the Reef, including mapping its outer lines. To mark the Blackwood channel he erected the beacon on Raine Island. Endeavour Reef was charted by Lieutenant Charles Yule, commanding the accompanying tender H.M.S. Bramble. Scientists in Fly were zoologist John MacGillivray and geologist J. Beete Jukes, whose large natural history collections were deposited in the British Museum. During the latter part of the voyage Blackwood surveyed the southeast coast of New Guinea, discovering the Fly River. December 1821 December 1821 Career event - Joined the Royal Navy 1828 1828 Career event - Promoted to Lieutenant, Royal Navy 1833 1833 Career position - Commander of H.M.S. Hyacinth on first visit to Australia 1838 1838 Career event - Promoted to Post Captain, Royal Navy 1841 1845 Career position - Commander, H.M.S. Fly Yule, Charles Bampfield (1806 - 1878) MacGillivray, John (1821 - 1867) Jukes, Joseph Beete (1811 - 1869) H.M.S. Fly, Royal Navy (1831 - 1903)

Commander 1841 - 1846

 'Blackwood, Francis Price', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Blackwood, Francis Price Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Complete sailing directions for the various passages to and through Torres Straits: comprising the inner passage of the late Admiral King, and the outer routes by Raine Island: and by the north eastern entrance, by Captain Blackwood (...) Wellbank, I., compiler Complete sailing directions for the various passages to and through Torres Straits: comprising the inner passage of the late Admiral King, and the outer routes by Raine Island: and by the north eastern entrance, by Captain Blackwood (...) 2nd Sydney Reading & Wellbank 1864 Book: Directions for the outer passage from Sydney to Torres Strait Blackwood, F. P. Directions for the outer passage from Sydney to Torres Strait Facsimile London British Library 2011 Thesis: On such a full sea: John MacGillivray (1821 - 1867) Jensen, Sophie Alice On such a full sea: John MacGillivray (1821 - 1867) Australian National University 2010 Book Section: Blackwood, Francis Price (1809 - 1854), naval officer Ann Mozley Blackwood, Francis Price (1809 - 1854), naval officer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 110-1 Journal Article: Navigating the Great Barrier Reef: the inner and outer routes, 1815 - 1860 Morgan, Kenneth Navigating the Great Barrier Reef: the inner and outer routes, 1815 - 1860 2021 International journal of maritime history 31 1 37-53 Book: The Great Barrier Reef: History, Science, Heritage Bowen, James; Bowen, Margarita The Great Barrier Reef: History, Science, Heritage Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002 Book: Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R.N., in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the Eastern Archipelago, during the years 1842 - 1846 Jukes, J. B. Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. <span style="font-style:italic">Fly</span>, commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R.N., in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the Eastern Archipelago, during the years 1842 - 1846 London T. and W. Boone 1847