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 Edward Charles Frome (7 January 1802 – 2 November 1890) was a prominent British Army

British Army

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 officer and Surveyor-general of South Australia.

Born in Gibraltar

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, and orphaned early in his life, he was educated in Blackheath, London

Blackheath, London

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, England

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, where he became a close friend of Benjamin Disraeli. He received his commission in the Royal Engineers

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 in 1825. He was involved in the Rideau Canal

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 construction in Canada in 1827 to 1833.

In September 1839 Frome arrived in Adelaide, South Australia (ship: Recovery) to take up an appointment as the third surveyor-general of South Australia

South Australia

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. He made an important contribution in surveying large areas of South Australia for new immigrants to settle upon. In 1843 he led an expedition to the mid-north of South Australia and was the first to accurately map Lake Frome

Lake Frome

Lake Frome is a large endorheic lake in South Australia, east of the Northern Flinders Ranges. It is a large, shallow, unvegetated salt pan, 100 km long and 40 km wide, lying mostly below sea level and having a total surface area of 259,615 hectares...

. He was also a competent artist and made many sketches and paintings of landscapes on his surveying expeditions.

After his ten-year term expired he returned to England and was subsequently stationed in Mauritius

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, Scotland

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 and Gibraltar. Between 1869 and 1874 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey

Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey

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. He retired in 1877 with the army rank of general, and died in 1890 at Ewell

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 in Surrey

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. His name was given to both Lake Frome

Lake Frome

Lake Frome is a large endorheic lake in South Australia, east of the Northern Flinders Ranges. It is a large, shallow, unvegetated salt pan, 100 km long and 40 km wide, lying mostly below sea level and having a total surface area of 259,615 hectares...

 and Frome Road

Frome Road, Adelaide

Frome Road is a connecting road in the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. It starts from North Terrace in the Adelaide city centre, running in a northerly direction past the University of South Australia, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science and the...

, a major thoroughfare in Adelaide, South Australia.

See also

• History of Adelaide
  History of Adelaide
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