Herbert Basedow

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Herbert Basedow in 1925

Herbert Basedow (born October 27, 1881 in Kent Town , South Australia , † June 4, 1933 in Kent Town) was an Australian anthropologist , geologist , politician , physician and explorer .

Basedow was born as the youngest son of the German teacher Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow , who was Minister of Education in the government of William Morgan . Herbert Basedow went to a high school in Hanover and in Prince Alfred College to school, a school for mining, and then to the University of Adelaide . He also studied in Heidelberg , Göttingen , Breslau and Zurich and completed his studies with a doctorate .

Basedow got a job in the geological department of South Australia, where he became assistant to government geologist Henry Yorke Lyell Brown . He accompanied and led several expeditions and developed an interest in Aborigines , with whom he also lived for some time. In 1903 he was a member of Lawrence Wells' expedition to North West Australia . In 1909 he left the geological department and in 1911 took over the position of Chief Protector of Aborigines in the Northern Territory , which he gave up after a short time disaffected. In 1925 he published The Australian Aboriginal , a volume with 400 pages and numerous pictures. Herbert Basedow carried out numerous expeditions. In 1920 he led an expedition to search for traces of the lost explorer Ludwig Leichhardt . In 1926 Basedow financed and led the great expedition in Australia that went down in history as the Mackay Expedition. Donald George Mackay accompanied him on this research trip . On another expedition Basedow reached the Gulf of Carpentaria .

In 1927 Herbert Basedow applied for a seat in the South Australian House of Assembly for the Barossa Council as an independent candidate. He received the most votes and held the seat until 1930. In April 1933 he was re-elected. He died of deep vein thrombosis in Kent Town on 1933 .

Basedow was married to Olive Nell, daughter of AC Noyes, who survived him. They didn't have any children. His book Knights of the Boomerang, Episodes from a Life Spent Among the Native Tribes of Australia was published posthumously in 1935. Basedow was also the author of various articles on anthropology and geology.

Web links

Commons : Herbert Basedow  - Collection of Pictures

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Herbert Basedow on Australian Dictionary of Biography
  2. ↑ a b c d Dictionary of Australian Biography
  3. ↑ 200 years of history of the German-speaking community in Australia. Part I, p. 78. Special Edition: The Week in Australia of January 1988. Europa Kurier Pty. Ltd. Bankstown. ISSN 0726-4860.
personal data
SURNAME Basedow, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian anthropologist, geologist, politician, medic and explorer
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Kent Town , South Australia , Australia
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1933
Place of death Kent Town , South Australia , Australia