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Worsnop, Thomas (1821 - 1898)

Town clerk

Born: 2 February 1821 Wortley, England. Died: 24 January 1898 North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Thomas Worsnop was town clerk, Adelaide City Council 1869-98. He is commemorated by a portrait in the Adelaide Council Chambers. Worsnop was a member of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch and the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Before coming to Australia Worsnop worked for W. Bruce a wool manufacturer in Leeds then as a teacher, probably in Yorkshire.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1852 Migrated to Australia (Adelaide) on 12 November
1852 - 1859 Storeman for Elder, Stirling & Co.
1860 - 1862 Farmer (unsuccessful)
1863 - 1864 Lessee of the Globe Inn in Rundle Street, Adelaide
1864 Declared bankrupt on the 16 May
1864 - 1866 Worked as a Teamster on many far northern stations
1866 - 1868 Clerk in the Town Clerk's Department of the Adelaide City Council
1868 City Treasurer and Assistant Town Clerk
1869 - 1898 Town Clerk
1878 History of the City of Adelaide published
1880s The Historical Record of South Australia 1512-1854 written but unpublished
1897 The Prehistoric Arts, Manufactures, Works, Weapons, etc., of the Aborigines of Austalia publsihed

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 4 September 2006

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