Michael Terry

Michael Terry
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Born	1899
Died	1981
Residence	c/o Royal Geographical Society [A63] c/o Messrs Herriott & Herriott, 207 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW [1925]
Society Membership membership ordinary fellow elected_AI 1925.04.21 societies Royal Geographical Society Royal Geographical Society of Australia

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House Notes

1925.03.24 proposed by L.C.G. Clarke, seconded by C.G. Seligman

Notes From Elsewhere

Michael Terry, FRGS, FRGSA (3 May 1899 – 1981) was an Australian explorer, surveyor, prospector and writer.

He was born at Gateshead, County Durham, England. During the First World War he served with No. 2 Squadron of the RNAS Armoured Cars in Russia against the Bolsheviks, by whom he was captured at Kursk though subsequently released. He moved to Australia in 1918. Between 1923 and 1935 he led 14, mainly gold prospecting, expeditions through inland Australia; he wrote several books about his experiences.

Publications

External Publications

1925 - Across Unknown Australia: a thrilling account of exploration in the Northern Territory of Australia. Herbert Jenkins: London
1927 - Through a Land of Promise: with gun, car and camera in the heart of Northern Australia. Herbert Jenkins: London
1931 - Hidden Wealth and Hiding People. Putnam: London
1932 - Untold Miles: three gold-hunting expeditions amongst the picturesque borderland ranges of Central Australia. Selwyn & Blount: London
1937 - Sand and Sun: two gold-hunting expeditions with camels in the dry lands of Central Australia. Michael Joseph: London
1945 - Bulldozer: the war role of the Department of Main Roads, New South Wales. Frank Johnson: Sydney
1974 - War of the Warramullas. Rigby: Adelaide. ISBN 0-85179-790-3
1987 - The last explorer: the autobiography of Michael Terry, FRGS, FRGSA. Australian National University Press: Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales. ISBN 0-08-034398-8