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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 115016 Sir Augustus Charles Gregory, Surveyor General of Queensland.jpg en Sir Augustus Charles Gregory Surveyor General of Queensland Augustus Charles Gregory was born in 1819 in Farnsfield Nottinghamshire As a young man he came with his family to Western Australia to the new Swan River Settlement where his father accepted land in lieu of a pension from the army He chose his profession encouraged by the Surveyor General Roe who made Gregory a surveying cadet in his department in 1841 and he became an assistant surveyor After extensive experience in Western Australia with his brothers he later came to Queensland He was leader of the North Australian Exploring Expedition from 1855 to 1857 which included Ferdinand Mueller The expedition explored the Victoria River and Sturt Creek in the Northern Territory before returning overland to Moreton Bay in Queensland circa 1870 handle 10462/deriv/135211 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Surveyors from Australia Men with beards Explorers from Australia Augustus Charles Gregory People of Brisbane 1870 in Queensland Black and white photographs Black and white photographic portraits of men | ||||
