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a curacy in his native parish under such circumstances as gave him 
favourable opportunities for travelling and carrying on geological 
explorations both in England and on the Continent. He was 
present at the siege of Antwerp in 1831, and soon after that he 
obtained a small living in England, with a promise of a rectory in 
Gloucestershire, to which, however, he was never inducted, as 
before it fell vacant he had sailed for Australia. 
Mr. Clarke was induced to come out to this country partly to 
get the benefit of a warmer climate in seeking to shake off the 
effects of a severe attack of rheumatic fever, and partly to exercise 
his geological knowledge and tastes in a new and comparatively 
untrodden field. On arriving in Sydney in 1839, Bishop Broughton 
placed him in charge of King’s School, Parramatta, where he 
remained about two years, and then betook himself entirely to 
clerical labours in the country. In 1844 the foundation stone of 
the church of St. Thomas, North Shore, was laid, and as soon as 
the building was completed Mr. Clarke commenced his ministra- 
tions there, and continued until 1870, when he resigned his charge 
in consequence of advancing years and failing health. 
In addition to his clerical duties, Mr. Clarke held various 
honorary appointments, He was a Fellow of St. Paul’s College, 
from its incorporation in 1853 ; also a Trustee of the Australian 
Museum, and of the Free Public Library. He was offered a seat 
on the first Senate of the University of Sydney in 1850, but in 
consequence of the hostility of Bishop Broughton to the consti- 
tution of the University, the offer had to be declined, and no 
clergyman of the Church of England appeared on the first Senate. 
At a later period he was offered the position of Professor of 
Geology in the University, but the Senate being at that time very 
short of funds, were unable to propose such terms as Mr. Clarke 
could see his way to accept. 
Mr. Clarke was a Member or Fellow of numerous learned 
_ Societies, both in England and in other countries; such as the 
Geological, the Royal Geographical, and the Royal Society of 
__ Literature, in England ; the Geological Society of France, the 
