Biographical entry: Gregory, Francis Thomas (1821 - 1888)
- Born
- 1821
- Died
- 1888
Summary
Papers 1847-1872, with papers of his brother Sir Augustus Charles Gregory 1831-1905, and other papers ca.1848. English born surveyor and explorer, Francis Gregory arrived in Western Australia in 1829. He became a staff surveyor in 1849 and carried out important survey and exploratory work throughout Western Australia, and was a member of his brother's North Australian expedition to Queensland in 1855-1856. Francis Gregory settled in Brisbane in 1862, he became Commissioner for Crown Lands for the Darling Downs and was a Member of the Legislative Council from 1874 until his death in 1888.
I. Papers of Francis Thomas Gregory, 1847-1872.
A. Diaries, 1847-1861, 1872, include journals of expeditions to the Gascoyne River and to the north-west coast of Australia.
B. Field books, 1850-1852, 1856, 1861, 1865.
II. Papers of Sir Augustus Charles Gregory, 1831-1905.
A. Letterbook, 1852-1854, chiefly letters to the Surveyor-General.
B. Notes regarding geological specimens, 1831-1848.
C. Notes regarding analysis of minerals, especially coal, 1877-1905.
D. Meteorological register kept during the North Australian Expedition, 1855-1856.
E. Journals kept during the North Australian Expedition, 1856-1857. Comprises journal of James Spottiswood Wilson, geologist, and Joseph Ravenscroft Elsey, surgeon of the expedition, diary of J.S. Wilson and meteorological journal of James Flood, collector and preserver.
III. List of plants collected during Sir Thomas Mitchell's northern expedition, ca.1848. One box. Maps at M.SER.4.000/1 MSS.291 MAPS 1, 2, 3. MITCHELL: ML.MSS.291.