Sir Paul Edmund de StrzeleckiPrint Page

The Strzelecki Scenic Lookout was named in recognition of explorer and geologist Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki research into coal deposits and chemical analysis which influenced the development of the Newcastle District.

In December 1839 , after a visit to the Bathurst-Wellington district, Strezlecki stated to the geologists, W. B. Clarke and J. D. Dana, that the local mineralogy was `very tame`, a surprising statement in the light of later events. The field-work for his geological map took him in zigzags across New South Wales, and to the Australian Alps, where alone he ascended what he considered the highest peak, calling it after the Polish democratic leader, Tadeusz Kosciuszko.

In 1845 he became a British subject, and published in London his Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, for which he received the founder's medal of the Royal Geographical Society. The book laid the basis of Australian palaeontology. Strzelecki thought it would be an important aid to the immigration of capital and men.

Location

Address:	43 High Street, Strzelecki Scenic Lookout, The Hill , 2300
State:	NSW
Area:	AUS
GPS Coordinates:	Lat: -32.936631 Long: 151.777506 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.

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Details

Monument Type:	Structure
Monument Theme:	People
Sub-Theme:	Science
Link:	http://adb.anu.edu.au/

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:	1991

Source: MA, ADB