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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-06-02 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006999b.htm person O'Reilly Henry George AACR2 22 February 1824 18 February 1877 Place of Birth Dublin, Ireland Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Astronomer Mariner Henry O'Reilly was a mariner, employed by the Australasian Steam Navigation Company as Captain of its ships on the Sydney to Brisbane run until 1863. For the next 14 years he was Manager for the Company in Brisbane. O'Reilly was an enthusiastic amateur astronomer, building an observatory adjacent to the Company's office in 1871. Here he checked the accuracy of ship's clocks and made astronomical observations, including of the Transit of Venus in 1871 and 1874. After his death, instruments from the observatory were acquired by the Queensland Government and made available to the its Meteorological Observer. O'Reilly became a Member (and later a Member of Council) of the Philosophical Society of Queensland in 1871. 1852 1852 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1863 1876 Career position - Manager, Australasian Steam Navigation Company, Brisbane 1871 1877 Career position - Member (later Member of Council), Philosophical Society of Queensland 1872 1877 Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Tasmania 1872 1877 Award - Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society, United Kingdom Royal Society of Tasmania (1843 - )

Fellow 1871 - 1877

 Philosophical Society of Queensland (1859 - 1884)

Member 1871 - 1877

 'O'Reilly, Henry George', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology O'Reilly, Henry George Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Brisbane's famous early astronomer: Captain Henry O'Reilly Anderson, P. Brisbane's famous early astronomer: Captain Henry O'Reilly 2020 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 124 99-119