William Harry Tietkins

William Harry Tietkins

William Harry Tietkins (30 August 1844 – 19 April 1933), explorer and naturalist, was born in England.

Tietkins accompanied Ernest Giles on an expedition to Central Australia in 1873 and again in 1875 on a journey from Beltana, South Australia to Perth, Western Australia. He later joined the New South Wales Department of Lands as a surveyor in 1891. Australian Dictionary of Biography
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year=1976
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title= Tietkens, William Harry (1844 - 1933)
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  • Tietkins — /ˈtitkənz/ (say teetkuhnz) noun William Harry, 1844–1933, Australian surveyor and explorer of central Australia, born in England …  

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