Petherick, Edward Augustus, 1847-1917

Epithet: English manager of G Robertson Australian bookseller

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000974.0x000199

Petherick was born in England and came to Australia as a child. He returned to London to work in 1870 and spent the next forty years as a bookseller, publisher, bibliographer and book collector. Upon his return to Australia in 1909 he presented his large collection to the Commonwealth Parliament as a "nucleus of an historical museum." He spent his last years as Commonwealth Archivist, working on his collection.

From the description of Papers of Edward Augustus Petherick [manuscript]. 1756-1917. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225715724