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The Hon
Frank Gregory
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
2 January 1874 – 23 October 1888
Personal details
Born
Francis Thomas Gregory

(1821-10-19)19 October 1821
Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Died23 October 1888(1888-10-23) (aged 67)
Harlaxton House, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeDrayton and Toowoomba Cemetery
NationalityEnglish Australian
SpouseMarion Scott Hume (m.1865)
RelationsJoshua Gregory (father), Augustus Charles Gregory (brother)
OccupationSurveyor
Known forExploration of Australia

Francis Thomas "Frank" Gregory (19 October 1821 – 23 October 1888) was an Australian explorer and politician.

Born in England, he emigrated with his family to Australia as a boy. He was the younger brother of the explorer and politician Augustus Gregory, who also made his career in the colony.

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Hamersley family

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Septimus Roe named the Hamersley River in their honour in 1848–49; and Francis Thomas Gregory also named the Hamersley Range in the Pilbara region in their honour...

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Hamersley Range

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Western Australia. The range was named on 12 June 1861 by explorer Francis Thomas Gregory after Edward Hamersley, a prominent promoter of his exploration...

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Mount Augustus National Park

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folded into an asymmetric anticline by later tectonic movements. Francis Thomas Gregory reached the summit on 3 June 1858 during his 107-day journey through...

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Augustus Charles Gregory

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Augustus Charles Gregory, born 1 August 1819, died 1905 aged 86 Francis (Frank) Thomas Gregory, born 1821. Henry Churcham Gregory, born 1823, died London...

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Kennedy Range National Park

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first European to explore the area was Francis Thomas Gregory, whose expedition reached the range in 1858. Gregory named the range after the Governor of...

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Pilbara

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survival in present times. The first European to explore the area was Francis Thomas Gregory in 1861. Within two years, European settlers had begun arriving...

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Harlaxton House

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low-set, single-storey stone residence built for Francis Thomas Gregory, and his wife Marion Scott Gregory, née Hume, in the 1870s. A letter to the editor...

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Francis of Assisi

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preacher. One of the most venerated figures in Christianity, Francis was canonized by Pope Gregory IX on 16 July 1228. He is commonly portrayed wearing a brown...

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Tribulus macrocarpus

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1863 from a specimen collected by Francis Thomas Gregory from Nicol Bay. An holotype (K000725223) collected by Gregory is held at Kew. The specific epithet...

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Wilton Daniel Gregory

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since 2019. Pope Francis elevated him to the rank of cardinal on November 28, 2020. He is the first African-American cardinal. Gregory previously served...

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Millstream Chichester National Park

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Yinjibarndi people. Millstream Creek was named by the explorer Francis Thomas Gregory in 1861. He reported the favourable grazing prospects. The first...

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Tribulus platypterus

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from a specimen collected by Francis Thomas Gregory in the Hammersley Ranges. An isosyntype (MEL 79454) collected by Gregory (east of the Hammersley Ranges)...

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Chichester Range

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part of the Pilbara Craton. The area was named by the explorer Francis Thomas Gregory in 1861 after the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the...

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Pope Gregory I

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William Dalgety Moore

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station manager. During his eight years at the station, Moore joined Francis Thomas Gregory and others (in 1858), exploring the Gascoyne and Murchison districts...

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Ophthalmia Range

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recorded European sighting of the range was in 1861, by the explorer Francis Thomas Gregory, who noted the obvious iron ore deposits that give the range its...

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Gregory Peck

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Pope Gregory IX

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Pope Gregory IX (Latin: Gregorius IX; born Ugolino di Conti; 1145 – 22 August 1241) was head of the Catholic Church and the ruler of the Papal States...

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