William Harry Tietkins

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William Harry Tietkins (30 August 1844 – 19 April 1933), explorer and naturalist, was born in England.

Tietkins accompanied Ernest Giles on an expedition to Central Australia in 1873 and again in 1875 on a journey from Beltana, South Australia to Perth, Western Australia. He later joined the New South Wales Department of Lands as a surveyor in 1891.[1]

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  1. ^ Hartwig, Mervyn (1976). Tietkens, William Harry (1844 - 1933). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.