MacGillivray and artist Oswald Walters Brierly on board, accompanied by Charles Bampfield Yule in . In November 1847 he arrived at Port Curtis on the Australian coast, and after surveying the harbour described it as a very good anchorage. In 1848 he continued further north to survey New Guinea, and in June of that year offered protection and assistance to Edmund Kennedy's expedition to the Cape York Peninsula. Owen went on to survey the Louisiade Archipelago but in 1849 fell ill, and died in March 1850 after returning to Sydney. John MacGillivray wrote a two-volume account of the voyage of the Rattlesnake, published in 1852. Thomas Huxley wrote a diary of the voyage which was published in 1935, edited by his grandson Julian Huxley. In memory of his brother, Dean Stanley of Westminster Abbey donated the font in ChristChurch Cathedral in New Zealand. Legacy The Owen Stanley Range in New Guinea is named after him. See also European and American voyages of scientific exploration References Huxley, Julian (ed). T.H. Huxley's diary of the voyage of HMS Rattlesnake. London 1935 MacGillivray, John Voyage Of HMS Rattlesnake Volume I: Gutenberg Project EText num 12433, Volume II: Gutenberg Project EText num 12525, , External links Stanley, Owen (1811–1850) National Library of Australia, Trove, People and Organisation record for Owen Stanley 1811 births 1850 deaths People from Alderley Edge Royal Navy officers English explorers English hydrographers Explorers of New Guinea 19th-century explorers Fellows of the Royal Society Owen Pre-Separation Queensland English explorers of the Pacific