COGHLAN, SIR TIMOTHY AUGUSTUS Australian civil servant, second son of Thomas Coghlan, an Irish Roman Catholic, was born in Sydney and educated at Sydney Grammar School. He went into Government service in 1873, in the Public Works Department, and in 1884 became assistant engineer of harbours and rivers. In 1885 he was appointed head of the newly-created department of statistics, and was responsible for the preparation of much valuable material, including a full statistical register of trade and commerce in New South Wales. His most important work is the History of Labour and Industry in Australia (4 vols. 1918). He also published : Wealth and Prog ress of New South W ales (I 88 7) ; Statistical Account of Australia and New Zealand (1891) ; Progress of Australia in the rgth cen tury, in collaboration with the Hon. T. T. Ewing (1903) .
From 1905 to 1915 he held the post of Agent-General for New South Wales, and was knighted in 1914. He was re-appointed from 1916-17, and again on the resignation of Sir Arthur Cocks. With Sir Joseph Cook he represented Australia on the Pacific Cable Board, and he held various public appointments in New South Wales (Chairman of Board of Old Age Pensions, etc.), serving also on several Royal Commissions. He took a great interest in vital statistics, and was in charge of the census in New South Wales in 1891 and 1901. He died on April 3o, 1926.