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  Pawel Edmund Strzelecki
Strzeleckie was a Polish geographer, geologist and traveler, a member of the Royal Geographical Society in London.
He discovered mineral layers and conducted of meteorological measurements and research of soils in Brazil, Uruguay, Chile (Atacama), the Hawaii, Islands, Polynesia, in Australia and New Zealand and Tasmania.
The stamp was issued in 1997 to commemorate Strzelecki’s birth.
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 Count Paul Edmund de Strzelecki - Illawarra Maps & Fossils, Australia
Strzelecki was financially constrained during his travels, though force of personality opened many doors, enabling him to fraternise with the wealthy and higher echelons of society and make use of their hospitality to defray costs such as accommodation and travel expenses.
Strzelecki's subsequent claim to discovery of Gippsland was rejected by squatter Angus McMillan and his supporters, giving rise to heated debate in the Sydney and Melbourne newspapers and to a controversy which continues to this day.
Strzelecki later wrote to his life-long love Adyna Turno informing her that she would be the one to prepare it for publication.
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Pawel was the youngest of three children: his sister Izabela was 8 years older, his brother Piotr was 4 years older.
In 1841 Strzelecki’s report for George Gipps was published in Parliamentary Papers in Sydney.
In Australia Strzelecki took the title of count, but his parents were not titled and it is not known on what his claim was based.
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 Paweł Edmund Strzelecki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paweł Edmund Strzelecki (July 20, 1797 - October 6, 1873), known as Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki in the United Kingdom, was a Polish nobleman, explorer and geologist.
Born in Głuszyna near Poznań (today part of Poznań) in Poland as the third child of a struggling landowner of nobility, Strzelecki was educated in Warsaw and then lived in Kraków.
The Strzelecki Ranges in Gippsland are named in his honour.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pawel_Edmund_Strzelecki   (388 words)

  
 Strzelecki, Sir Paul Edmund de [Count Strzelecki] (1797 - 1873) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography ...
STRZELECKI, Sir PAUL EDMUND DE (1797-1873), explorer and scientist, was born on 20 July 1797 at Gluszyna, near Poznan, Western Poland, the son of poor gentry, without land or title.
Strzelecki then went to Van Diemen's Land, where he became a close friend of the Franklins and did important work as explorer, geologist, and scientific farmer, and like the earlier Lhotsky made analyses of coal deposits.
Strzelecki thought it would be an important aid to the immigration of capital and men.
www.adb.online.anu.edu.au /biogs/A020457b.htm   (1070 words)

  
 Strzelecki Traces Expedition 2004
It was governor Gipps who asked Strzelecki in 1840 to keep the gold discovery in secret in fear of anarchy that would surely be born at gold news.
Surely, it is. Strzelecki was one of the most brilliant men of the 19th century., precursor of modern ideas, who should be remembered by both environment protection enthusiasts and progress and civilization advocates.
Strzelecki survives a thunderstorm on the slopes of Ben Lomond (northern Tasmania).
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"Edmund Wojtyła, syn Karola, podoficera rachunkowości, zamieszkałego przy ul.
Edmund Wojtyła, brat Karola, rozpoczął naukę w klasie III gimnazjum w Wadowicach.
W gimnazjum w Wadowicach złożył egzamin dojrzałości Edmund Wojtyła, brat Karola.
www.wadowice.pl /jan_pawel/kalendar/tresc.htm   (2921 words)

  
 Strzelecki Paweł Edmund - odkrywcy/podróżnicy/oświecenie - Sciaga.pl
Z podobnym przyjęciem spotkał się zapewne Strzelecki i na następnej wyspie, na której się zatrzymał, czyli na Thaiti.
Strzelecki odkrył także w dolinie Clwydd i okręgu Wellington koło Bathurst złoto, o czym zawiadomił władze australijskie, jednakże ze względu na możliwość zaburzeń wśród ludności i dezorganizacji gospodarki poproszono go o zachowanie tego odkrycia w tajemnicy.
Paweł Edmund Strzelecki zmarł 6 października 1873 roku w Londynie, polecając podobno w kwestionowanym przez rodzinę testamencie spalić wszystkie swe papiery, co ze szkodą dla nauki i przyszłych biografów zostało przez spadkobierców ściśle wykonane.
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 Swiecie Nasz - Magazyn Polonii :: Film :: JINDABYNE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It was discovered by Sir Pawel Edmund de Strzelecki, a Polish explorer and scientist who entitled the summit Mount Kosciuszko.
On the foreshore of Jindabyne, there is a statue of Sir Pawel Edmund de Strzelecki that points towards the mountain he discovered and named.
Sir Pawel Edmund de Strzelecki came to the shores of Australia in 1839 and spent the next four years exploring the states of New South Wales, Victoria and even Tasmania.
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 Worldroots.com
Strzelecki lived in Australia between 1839 and 1843 carrying out
He was awarded a founder's medal by the Royal Geographical Society
In later life Strzelecki was active in Irish famine relief,
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 Edmund - Wielka księga imion - Onet.pl Kartki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Edmund Husserl, filozof niem., twórca fenomenologii (8 IV 1859-26 IV 1938).
Edmund Dalbor, prymas pol., 1915-26 (30 XI 1869-13 II 1926).
Edmund Dantés z powieści Hrabia Monte Christo A. Dumasa.
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 eBay: edmund, Sachbücher Ratgeber, Belletristik, Kinder- Jugendliteratur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Edmund Schopen - Der Kanzler von Afrika - EA 50er Jahre
Edmund Stoiber Der Kandidat, Michael Stiller € 22,00 *
EDMUND STOIBER - Der Kandidat NEU und OVP
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 Loy Yang Power wins praise
The Strzelecki Awards recognise outstanding achievement in sustainable development in the mining, extractive and petroleum industries.
At the awards ceremony, Mr Theophanous said that the Strzelecki Awards recognised and encouraged environmental and social excellence and innovation in Victoria's earth resources sector.
The awards were named after the Polish explorer and mineralogist Sir Pawel Edmund de Strzelecki who visited Australian in the 1830s and advocated the rational use of natural resources.
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 eBay: pawel, Belletristik, Münzen Europa, Kinder- Jugendliteratur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Das Geheimnis der Satanseiche von Henning Pawel (1999)
Pawel JANAS - Legia Warschau, WM 1982 (CL - Foto)
Mercedes Benz, 4 Audio-CDs - Pawel Huelle [KEIN PORTO]
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 POVALISH - POWALISZ - ZOLECKI - INDYKIEWICZ - SZWAJKOWSKI - ROGALSKI GENEALOGY - Person Page 13   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
     Walenty Strzelecki was born in 1855 at Poland.
Walenty Strzelecki witnessed the baptism of Konstancia (Augusta) Lukaszewski on 9 February 1909 at SS.
He was the son of Walenty Strzelecki and Antonia Buszkiewicz.
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 Chronology
Birth of Pawel Piotr Rhode, who became the first Polish bishop in the United States.
Soviet Russian troops attack Poland on the east border, in violation of Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact.
Birth of Stefan Pawel Mierzwa, founder and first director of the Kosciuszko Foundation.
www.polamjournal.com /Library/Chronology/chronology.html   (5774 words)

  
 NewPoland - Famous Poles: Scientists
He constructed the TransAndean Railroad in Peru, the highest in the world (4,768 meters above the sea level); this work also involved construction of a few dozen of mountain tunnels and inter-mountain bridges.
He proved that chlorophyll and hemoglobin originate from the same common parent substance – hemopyrol.
Strzelecki, Pawel Edmund (1797-1873), geographer, geologist, member of the Royal Society, explorer and discoverer of mineral layers (minas gerais), Indian culture researcher.
www.newpoland.com /famous_poles_scientists_main.htm   (3555 words)

  
 WEH Kanton
Malinowski elaborated a functional method used in the study of culture.
Pawel Edmund Strzelecki carried out research in Australia.
Polish scientists, who were sent into exile to Siberia by the Russians in the 19th century, contributed to the discovery of natural resources in that part of the world.
www.polandguangzhou.com /zh/content/print/398.htm   (531 words)

  
 Conrad Poland Polonya
The part of "The Wanderer" most interesting for Korzeniowski was "Travelling, descriptions of places and ethnography." It related all the most important journeys, explorations and discoveries of the time, such names as Henry Morton Stanley, Mungo Park, or Samuel Baker frequently appeared in the magazine.
Additionally, it presented Polish adventurers of the age such as Pawel Edmund Strzelecki, Jan Kubary or Ignacy Domeyko.
In "Geography" Conrad refers to Sir Leopold McClintock's book "The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas" as the best possible book "for letting in the breath of the stern romance of polar explorations into the existence of a boy" (265).
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The most famous masterpieces of Polish literature were created in France, notably Pan Tadeusz by Adam Mickiewicz.
Poles were ever present in the world events, not only as soldiers or politicians: Ignacy Domeyko laid foundation of geology in Chile; Ernest Malinowski built railroads in Peru; Pawel Edmund Strzelecki explored African and Australian territories for the British Crown.
One cannot fail to mention Polish artists: Joseph Conrad (Jozef Korzeniowski) became a master of world literature, Henryk Rodakowski won gold medals at Paris exhibitions, while Frederic Chopin and Ignacy Padarewski are known to this day throughout the world as extraordinary pianists and composers.
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 Los grandes viajeros
Pawel Edmund Strzelecki fue el más eminente geógrafo de Australia del siglo XIX.
En abril de 1839 Strzelecki llegó a Australia.
El nombre de Strzelecki lo llevan unas montañas, un río y varias especies de animales.
www.poland.gov.pl /Los,grandes,viajeros,1261.html   (572 words)

  
 Przegląd Australijski / australink.pl
Minister Theo Theophanous: "The awards were named after the Polish explorer and mineralogist Sir Pawel Edmund de Strzelecki, who visited Australia in the 1830s and advocated the rational use of natural resources.".
Strzeleckiego (Strzelecki Awards) w Parlamencie Stanowym w Melbourne.
Już wtedy, w połowie XIX wieku, Sir Strzelecki głośno wołał o rozważne i racjonalne korzystanie z zasobów naturalnych, miejscowych bogactw ziemi.
www.australink.pl /panorama/artykuly/strzelecki.php   (770 words)

  
 Kosciuszko National Park - Culture & history
As a national hero of both Poland and the USA, Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kosciuszko became the namesake of numerous places around the world.
Polish-born traveller and researcher, Pawel Edmund Strzelecki, explored Australia between 1839 and 1843.
He climbed and named the highest peak on the Australian continent, Mount Kosciuszko, in memory of the Polish and international hero.
www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au /parks.nsf/ParkContent/N0018?OpenDocument&ParkKey=N0018&Type=Xk   (219 words)

  
 Saving Jews: Polish Righteous   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He placed many of his charges, which escaped from the ghetto, in the apartment of his parents and later in other shelters relatively more secure.
Pawel Lew Marek underlined his noble attitude to the people helped.
The latter in his long account written in July 1966 says: "With his lightheartedness, and his disrespect for danger, he kept up the spirit of all of us and never showed to anyone that he is his benefactor.
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 Australian Mining, Mining News, Jobs and Employment, Engineering Supplies, Minerals, Perth Australia Mining Equipment, ...
The Strzelecki Awards recognise and encourage environmental and social excellence and innovation in Victoria’s earth resources sector.
Mr Theophanous said the awards were named after the Polish explorer and mineralogist Sir Pawel Edmund de Strzelecki, who visited Australia in the 1830s and advocated the rational use of natural resources.
Iluka Resources’ Douglas Project won the gold award for Community Engagement by carrying out extensive community consultation for the project, spending time to build relationships with key stakeholders before gaining its licence to operate the Douglas mine and a mineral separation plant.
www.minebox.com /story.asp?articleId=5753   (287 words)

  
 Polish Nobility and Its Heraldry: An Introduction
Cieslak, Edmund (ed.), Historia Gdanska vols.1 and 2, Gdansk: Wydawnictwo Morskie, 1982.
Paszkowski, Lech, Social Background of Sir Paul Strzelecki and Joseph Conrad, Melbourne, 1980.
Marcin's grandfather Jan Pawel Klemensowski registered his noble pedigree in 1782 with ancient Polish arms - Gozdawa.
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 Polonia Adelaide - Croydon Kings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In 1962 Polonia imported four players from Poland-Katolik, Kreft (Edmund left Polonia in the 70's and assisted Adelaide City in entering the National Soccer League with great success), Gumowski and Szczurzynski.
Despite a minor revival in 1963, when the club finished fourth, Polonia was finally relegated to the Second Division in 1964 when it finished last.
However our new U23 team won the championship under the direction of Coach Pawel Wieczorek and finished runners up in the U23 Federation Cup.
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 Nauka - Paweł Edmund Strzelecki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Strzelecki dostąpił wielkiego zaszczytu uzyskując członkostwo Royal Society of London jako trzeci Polak obok Heweliusza i Jana Breyne`a.
Strzelecki został wyróżniony tytułem doktora honoris causa (Honorowy Stopień Doktora Prawa Cywilnego) na Uniwersytecie Oxfordzkim za zasługi przy badaniu kontynentu australijskiego.
Kilka nazw wlasnych oraz zwrotów, dot unii europejskiej
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 Strzelecki, Pawe Edmund
Webpage also has a short article regarding Mt. Kosciuszko.
Nine of the sites webpages are devoted to Strzelecki: biography, time-line, writings, appreciations, locations, maps, etc.
An extensive biographical account of the explorer and mineralogist (link has an intemediary step - click again))
info-poland.buffalo.edu /web/history/hist_persons/strzel/link.shtml   (91 words)

  
 strzelecki - NetSprint.pl - Wyniki wyszukiwania
Portal strzelecki poświęcony broni strzeleckiej i wszelkim aspektom jej posiadania.
...Kablowa CITY-SAT Gordzielik poleca: Wiadomości Strzeleckie to dynamiczny serwis informacyjny, przedstawiający w...
S.O.S. szkolenia strzeleckie, zawody, treningi, strzelania rekreacyjne, tarcze strzeleckie
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