Northern Territory Surveys 1864 to 1870

Date: 1864 to 1870
Location: Northern Territory, Australia
Surname/tag: northern_territory

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Contents 1 Finniss expedition to Adam Bay 1864 2 McKinlay expedition 1866 3 Cadell expedition 1867 4 Goyder expedition 1869 5 Sources

Finniss expedition to Adam Bay 1864

• Leader Boyle Travers Finniss (1807-1893)

McKinlay expedition 1866

• Leader John McKinlay (1819–1872)

Cadell expedition 1867

• Leader Francis William Cadell (1822–1879) (believe his father's profile is Hugh Francis Cadell (1790-1843))

Goyder expedition 1869

• Leader George Woodroffe Goyder CMG (1826-1898)
• Charles James Palmer (abt.1835-1871), Teamster, Moonta December 1868, Gulnare January 1870, Omeo August 1870, OT teamster under Woods & Jarvis, died on the OT.

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Name	Job/position	Notes
George Sydney Aldridge[1]	Surveyor, Cadet, 2nd Class
James Henry Aldridge (1849-1925)[2]	Chainman	OT cadet under Knuckey & C. Giles.
August Christian Charles Almers (1848-1884)	Carpenter	OT under Knuckey and C. Giles. ?Later Adelaide architect?
George A. Armstrong	Axeman
Job Austin	Axeman	OT labourer under Harvey & Roberts.
William Barlow	Assistant Photographer
Robert W. Barrow	Axeman
George Bayfield	Axeman	Govt Resident's staff as teamster, OT as teamster. Friend of Deane and engaged to his sister Ny.
Robert Beard	In Charge of Horses	Had been on Finniss's 1864 expedition.
Tom Bee	Surveyor, Cadet, 1st Class	Born 4 July 1850 in Brompton, England, educated at Adelaide Educational Institution, worked on OT under McMinn & Musgrave, later postmaster several SA towns, died 21 November 1919 in Millicent, South Australia.[3]
David Landel Beetson	Surveyor, Cadet, 2nd Class	Acted as land selection agent,[4] prospected for gold, had (with S. King and C. Schmidt) first private house in Palmerston, insolvent, died in WA.
Frederick John Bennett[5]	Wellsinker	Not T. J. Bennett
John William Ogilvie Bennett	Draftsman	J. W. O. Bennett and William Guy speared by Aborigines 24 or 25 May 1869. Bennett died 28 May, the day after Dr. Peel removed, under chloroform, broken spear point which had passed into chest cavity. John was working on a study of the native languages in the area when he was attacked. The book Vocabulary of the Woolner District Dialect, Adelaide River, Northern Territory by John William Ogilvie Bennett, 1869, annotated by Paul Foelsche, was published after his death. Paul was another member of the expedition.[6][7] Buried on Fort Hill, Darwin.
Michael Bennett	Teamster
Edwin S. Berry	Draftsman
Henry John Boord	Police trooper	Govt Resident's staff; became publican, Windmill Hotel, Nailsworth, Commercial Hotel Grenfell Street, died 27 July 1885, aged 41.
Henry S. Bosworth	Chainman
Joseph Brans	Boatman/Labourer	Appointed to Govt Resident's staff, died 1 June 1883.
John Sherlock Brooking	Surveyor, Cadet, 1st Class	Deputy Surveyor-General of W.A., retired 1896, died November 1916.
Joseph Brooks	Photographer and Draftsman	Perhaps poundkeeper near Balaklava.
Philip Henry Burden	Surveyor, Cadet, 2nd Class	In 1875 draftsman with Surveyor-General's Dept.
Martin Burke	Trencher
James Burton	Coxswain	Govt. Resident's staff; later with OT under A. J. Mitchell.
Robert Charles Burton	Staff	Overseer with OT. An American, he was later with W.A. Government.
Thomas Cherry	Chainman	Labourer on Govt. Resident's staff.
Robert Collard	Axeman	Labourer on Govt. Resident's staff, then joined OT party.
William Collett	Axeman	OT laborer under Harvey & Roberts.
William Cook	Not known	Appointed Port Darwin's Pilot and Harbor Master June 1892
William Henry Cornish[8]	Chainman	Later had career with Survey Department.
Walter Dalwood	Axeman	Sent back to Adelaide as invalid,[5] but he was also wanted for bigamy (jailed).[9] Died July 1894.
Daniel Dominick Daly (signed himself D. Daniel Daly)	Surveyor, 2nd Class	Nephew of Sir Dominick Daly.
George Price Deane	Axeman	Stockman on Govt. Resident's staff, later with OT under A. J. Mitchell.
James Divine	Officers' cook	Joined by wife and three children; appointed to Govt Resident's staff.
David Donley (also Donnolly)	Steward,[5] Chief Cook and repairer of instruments	Joined Gulnare as cook April 1869[5].
James Hereford Douglas	Axeman
F. Drought	Police corporal	Govt Resident's staff.
Henry Edwards	Chainman	Returned to NT with wife and children January 1870 per Kohinoor.
T. Edwards	Labourer	Labourer on Govt. Resident's staff
Joseph Atkinson Ewart	Axeman	OT laborer under Harvey & Roberts, later resident of Roper River area,[10] killed himself by pistol shot at Wandi, Northern Territory, on 17 May 1901.[11]
William John Hillary Farrant	Axeman	OT laborer under Woods & Jarvis.
William Fisher	Chainman	OT wireman under Knuckey & C. Giles.
Michael Edward Fitch	Boatman	OT laborer under McMinn & Musgrave.
Paul Foelsche	Inspector of Police	NT Government appointment.
Michael Francis	Axeman	OT cook under Knuckey & C. Giles.
Donald Fraser	Axeman
Charles Fry	Teamster	Appointed to Govt Resident's staff; joined by wife and three children per Kohinoor January 1870. Died in Gothenburg disaster.
Adam Gaire	Cook	Any relation to Denis Haire who failed to show when Moonta boarded?
R. Gallattly	Cook	Govt Resident's staff, temporary replacement for Paul Hoppa.
William John Gepp[12]	Veterinary surgeon, farrier and blacksmith	Had own business 1893.
John Gerald	Axeman	John Gerrald was OT labourer under Woods & Jarvis.
Christopher Giles	Surveyor, Cadet, 1st Class	OT leader under Knuckey.
George Woodroffe Goyder CMG (1826-1898)	Surveyor-General
Charles Newton Greene	Surveyor, Cadet, 1st Class
William Gunn	Trencher
William Guy	Axeman	Speared in buttock by Aborigines at Freds Pass, Northern Territory, in May 1869 in the same attack that killed Bennett. Guy, treated by Dr. Peel, recovered.
Dennis Haire (also Heir)	Axeman
William M. Hardy	Draftsman
William Harvey	Surveyor, 1st Class	OT Inspector w/ Roberts.
H. Hatch	More info needed	On Bengal August 1871 for OT. Mentioned several times in Goyder's diary in conjunction with Robinson, McMinn.
Robert Hayball	Teamster	Appointed to Govt Resident's staff as a labourer. Joined by wife and children January 1870 per Kohinoor.
William Brelsford Hayes	Gardener	Govt. Resident's staff. Died 18 June 1878 at Palmerston two months after being acquitted of attempting to shoot at a native.
Richard Hazard	Cook	Hazard, a "coloured"[5] man aged 42, died (of pneumonia?) at Fort Point 9 August, 1869, buried alongside Bennett[13]
Patrick Healey	Trencher
Henry Hemming	Staff	Worked with Goyder before, later prospector[14]
Alex. Hicks	Staff
Richard Hinton	Axeman
William Webster Hoare[15]	Doctor's Assistant	Watercolour illustrations of Schultze's specimens. Returned to England[16]
William Hodge	labourer	Govt Resident's staff.
William George Holland	Staff
Wilhelm Ludwig Homeyer	Staff	A friend of Richard Schomburgk, he advocated cultivation of wattles[17]

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary, 26 August 1911
2. ↑ A Veteran Sportsman, 12 November 1925
3. ↑ Obituary, 25 November 1919
4. ↑ Advertising, 21 March 1870
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Goyder Kerr, Margaret The Surveyors Rigby, Adelaide 1971, ISBN 978-0-85179-287-3 (Mrs Kerr was a grand-daughter of G. W. Goyder).
6. ↑ Northern Territory Survey Expedition, 1868-70; Diary kept by the Surveyor General Jan 1 to Sep 18 1869 G.W. Goyder
7. ↑ John's book
8. ↑ Death of H. H. Cornish, 17 May 1888
9. ↑ Police Courts, 8 May 1869
10. ↑ Northern Territory Times, 17 July 1875
11. ↑ The Wandi Tragedy, 31 May 1901
12. ↑ Death of Mr W. J. Gepp, 27 March 1915
13. ↑ Mr Goyder's Official Despatches, 16 November 1869
14. ↑ A Prospector's Tragic Death, 7 June 1902].
15. ↑ William Webster Hoare
16. ↑ Concerning People, 24 November 1917].
17. ↑ Wattle Culture, 14 December 1882