Joseph Jukes
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Joseph Beete Jukes was a British geologist working in Newfoundland, Australia and Ireland. He was author of several geological manuals and served as a naturalist on the expeditions of HMS Fly. Corresp
Joseph Beete Jukes, circa 1860
HMS Fly (1831)
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HMS Fly was an 18-gun sloop of the Royal Navy. She was responsible for the exploration and charting of much of Australia's north-east coast and nearby islands. She was converted to a coal hulk in 1855
Joseph Jukes
…geologist working in Newfoundland, Australia and Ireland. He was author of several geological manuals and served as a naturalist on the expeditions of HMS Fly (under the command of Francis Price Blackwood). Correspondents and friends addressed him as Beete Jukes. Jukes was born to John and Sophia Jukes at…
Fly off Sydney c.1842
During the 1840s, Fly surveyed Whitsunday Island, pictured here