About Henry Vere Barclay
Lived 1845 – 1917 (aged 71–72). Henry Vere Barclay was an explorer.
Henry Vere Barclay (1845–1917) was an English explorer, naval officer, and surveyor. He was best known as being an explorer of Central Australia.
Biography Barclay was born in Lancashire, England on 6 January 1845. He joined the Royal Marines as a lieutenant and served for many years as a naval surveyor; in 1863 he was deployed to South America, in 1871 to Tasmania, and to South Australia in 1877. From 1904 to 1905 Barclay participated in the Barclay-McPherson expedition to survey the Northern Territories, and in 1911 surveyed prospective routes for railways in Queensland and New South Wales.
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