George Elphinstone Dalrymple

George Dalrymple
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Kennedy
In office
18 March 1865 – 19 July 1867
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byThomas Henry FitzGerald
Personal details
Born
George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple

(1826-05-06)6 May 1826
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died22 January 1876(1876-01-22) (aged 49)
St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England
Resting placeHastings Cemetery
OccupationExplorer, Goldfields Commissioner, Station manager

George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple (6 May 1826 – 22 January 1876)[1] was a colonist, explorer, public servant and politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. He founded the towns of Bowen and Cardwell, and pioneered the opening up of the Herbert, Burdekin, Johnstone and Daintree River regions to British colonisation. During this time he was responsible for many killings of Aboriginal people who lived in the area.

  1. ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Dalrymple, George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.