Augustus H. Tulk
Augustus Henry Tulk (28 August 1810 – 1 September 1873) was the first librarian of the
The State Library's cafe, 'Mr. Tulk', is named in his honour.[1]
Life
Tulk was born on 28 September 1810 in Richmond, Surrey, England, the son of Charles Augustus Tulk and his wife Susannah, and received a solid classical education at Winchester College. He emigrated from England to Australia for medical reasons in 1854.[2]
Tulk was chosen from a short-list of forty eight applicants, and began his new job on 5 May 1856. His legacy includes the collection of some 80,000 volumes he collected and a relatively advanced system of classification according to books' subjects. Tulk turned down offers of appointment from other libraries in Sydney and abroad. A noted linguist, Tulk continued his studies adding native
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