Augustus gregory biography

Name Sir Augustus Charles GregoryBorn

1 August, 1819
Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, England

Died

25 June, 1905 (aged 85)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Cause of Death

pneumonia

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  Augustus Charles Gregory

  Australian politician

  Sir Augustus Charles GregoryKCMG FRSGS^[1] (1 August 1819 – 25 June 1905) was an English-born Australian explorer and surveyor. Between 1846 and 1858 he undertook four major expeditions. He was the first Surveyor-General of Queensland. He was appointed a lifetime Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.

  Early years

  Augustus Charles Gregory was born at Farnsfield, Nottingham, England. He was the second of five brothers born to Joshua Gregory and Frances Churchman. Among his brothers were Francis Thomas Gregory, who also became a noted explorer.^{[citation needed]}

  1. Joshua William Gregory, born 1815, died 20 September 1850 aged 35.
  2. Augustus Charles Gregory, born 1 August 1819, died 1905 aged 86
  3. Francis (Frank) Thomas Gregory, born 1821.
  4. Henry Churcham Gregory, born 1823, died London 29 July 1903 aged 79 years^[2]
  5. Charles Frederick Gregory, born 1825.

  A. C. Gregory was educated privately by tutors and later by his mother. In 1829, the family emigrated to Western Australia on boa

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  Australian Dictionary of Biography

  Sir Augustus Charles Gregory (1819-1905), explorer and surveyor-general, was born on 1 August 1819 at Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, England, the second of five sons of Joshua Gregory (1790-1838), lieutenant in the 78th Regiment, and his wife Frances, née Churchman. His father had been wounded and in lieu of a pension accepted a land grant in the new Swan River settlement where in 1829 the family arrived in the Lotus. Aided by a neighbour, Surveyor-General John Roe, Augustus became a cadet in his department in 1841 and was soon promoted an assistant surveyor. He worked mainly in the country, marking out roads and town sites and issuing pastoral licences, often with his brothers as his chainmen. He also designed an apparatus to operate the first revolving light installed on Rottnest Island.

  Gregory's resource, bushcraft, facility for invention and technical expertise won him the confidence of his superiors and in 1846 he was given command of his first expedition. In seven weeks with his brothers Francis and Henry Churchman (1823-1869) he travell