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Dalrymple, George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone (1826–1876) — Australian Dictionary of Biography

C. G. Austin and Clem Lack

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Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University

Publication or creation date

1972 (online 2006)

Edition or volume

Volume 4

Access date

2026-09-29

Stable URL

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dalrymple-george-augustus-3357

Provenance notes

ADB biography. Confirms Dalrymple and Arthur Scott established Cardwell on Rockingham Bay in 1864 and that Dalrymple led a party inland to the Valley of Lagoons and back, hacking out a dray route to the coast.

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Stone Bridge on the Dalrymple Gap Track, 1864–65↔George Elphinstone Dalrymple

The stone culvert was built late 1864/early 1865 by the government road party (overseer Conlan) on the dray road Dalrymple opened over Dalrymple Gap; Dalrymple marked out the route with Conlan and reported on the culverts in Feb 1865. QHR notes the bridge is associated with the life and work of George Dalrymple. Dalrymple did not personally build it.

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