Talk:Gustavus von Tempsky

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A couple of things in this article appear to be incorrect. 1) von Tempsky was not eaten. In fact, another soldier was eaten. 2) The sword was placed under the door of a whare as good luck for all who entered. When the whare's owner died, the sword was buried with him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.5.250.174 (talk) 03:37, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

3) He was not Polish, he was German. (That area of Prussia belongs to Poland today.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.47.246.90 (talk) 11:05, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Place of birth
Perhaps Königsberg in Prussia - see: and  --Eingangskontrolle (talk) 22:59, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Has anyone any idea what is intended here?
"In Melbourne, Major von Tempsky made vigorous approaches to lead the proposed Trans-Continental Exploring Expedition, but his suit was ill-favoured by the committee, in the main because of the English prejudice of leading members, who chose Robert O'Hara Burke to lead in von Tempsky's stead."

Once again: place of birth
In April, Tempsky's birthplace was again changed into Königsberg.

The Almanach de Gotha and his successors at the latest proves that this place is wrong, he was definitely born in Braunsberg, Province of East Prussia:


 * Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser B Band V, Seite 411, Band 26 der Gesamtreihe, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1961

The cited reference by McMillan on teara.govt.nz is written in ignorance of these older documents.

On that note I will reverse the article, hopefully the discussion is over now. --UB.Esser (talk) 19:06, 27 November 2018 (UTC)