Record ID:
35657364 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
Heading:
Birth:
  • 17970673
  • Parramatta, New South Wales
Death:
  • 18730419
  • Yass, New South Wales
Associated with:
  • Victoria New South Wales
Occupations:
  • explorer magistrate grazier
Notes:
  • Born near Parramatta, New South Wales; at 17 he made his first journey of exploration and reached the Berrima-Bong Bong district; made several overland explorations, including one with Captain William Hovell to Port Phillip; married Elizabeth Dight; elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1860; established a merino stud with his nephew; died at Yass, April 1873.
  • Australian Dictionary of Biography WWW site, 9 January, 2014 http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hume-hamilton-2211
Local system number:
  • (VSL)1593199
  • 000000661280
  • abv00939881
  • (AU-CaAIA)XX20328
Cataloguing source:
  • ANL eng VSL rda
Authentication code:
  • anuc