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Threlkeld, Lancelot Edward (1788 - 1859)

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Missionary
Born: 20 October 1788  Southwark, Surrey, England.  Died: 10 October 1859.
Lancelot Edward Threlkeld was a missionary at Belmont, Lake Macquarie from 1825-28 and at Toronto, on the other side of Lake Macquarie from 1831-41. He was a minister of the South Head Congregational Church in Sydney and also conducted a day school from 1842-45, when he became chaplain of seamen for the Sydney Bethel Union. He was involved in securing the independence of the Leeward Islands. His principal publication was "An Australian Grammar .... of the Language, as Spoken by the Aborigines ... of Hunter's River", 1834.

Prior to coming to Australia Threlkeld worked in the UK as a trade apprentice; as an actor with the Royal Circus and Royalty Theatre and in business.


Career Highlights

Chronology
1814Candidate with the London Missionary Society
1815Ordained into the London Missionary Society
1816Left for the South Seas in the Atlas
1817Sailed to Sydney and to Moorea, Society Islands on the Harriet
1825 - 1828Missionary at Belmont, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales
1831 - 1841Missionary at Toronto, New South Wales
1842 - 1845Minister of the South Head Congregational Church in Sydney and conducted a day school
1845 - Sydney Bethel Union
1851 - Member of the Ethnological Society, London

 

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