The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Courthope, Edward L.
Courthope, Edward L., Auditor-General, Western Australia, entered the Civil Service of Western Australia as clerk in the Audit Office in 1847, and was appointed secretary to the Board of Education in 1854, and Acting Auditor-General in 1863. He resumed his duties as clerk in the Audit Office in 1805, and was appointed Registrar-General in 1871, being promoted to the Auditor-Generalship in 1872.