Talk:Joseph Wild

Earlier exploration work?
TrimmerinWiki (talk) 23:02, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

This site ( https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/wilde/joseph/43666 ) says that Wild (or Wilde / Wylde) was also part of exploration parties, in the early 1800s. It mentions expeditions of Francis Barrallier, the mineralogist Humphreys (almost certainly meaning Adolarius William Henry Humphreys) and botanist Brown (probably meaning Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773). If that is so, it would mean that, while still a convict, Wild was involved in explorations that are not covered in the existing Wikipedia article on his life. Because Robert Brown was the botanist of the voyage of the HMS Investigator (1801), the association with Brown - if correct - makes it possible that Wild was also on the expedition, but conceivably Brown had his own expeditions while in Australia (separate to the one led by Matthew Flinders).

Is it possible that Wild did not receive much credit for his earlier activities that occurred prior to his receiving of a ticket-of-leave in 1810?

Hi TrimmerinWiki, I agree, there seems to be evidence to suggest that Wild went on Journey's before his ticket of leave in 1810. I will look into why this may have occurred. --Macca958 (talk) 09:28, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

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