Biographical entry Carron, William (1821 - 1876)

Summary

William Carron was botanist to the expedition to Cape York under Edmund Kennedy in 1848, William Carron was also a collector for the Sydney Botanic Gardens 1866-75 and collected information on forest reserves for the New South Wales Lands Department.

Details

Born Pulham, Norfolk, England, 18 December 1821. Died Grafton, 25 February 1876. Gardener in England; arrived Sydney 1844 in charge of plants for Alexander McLeay's garden; Thomas Shepherd's Darling nursery 1844-48; botanist to Edmund Kennedy's expedition to Cape York 1848; clerk, Department of the Superintendent of Convicts 1848-53; locker, Customs Department 1853-54; visited England 1854-55; locker-in-charge, Lamb's warehouse 1855-66; collector for the Sydney Botanic Gardens 1866-75; reported on twenty forest reserves in northern New South Wales 1872; inspector of forests and forestry ranger, Clarence district 1876. Several plants were named after him.

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• William Carron - Records, 1865 - 1867, A6991; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• William Carron - Records, c. 1870 - 1871, C351-2; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• William Carron - Records, 1875 - 1876, B1426; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Gilbert, L. A., 'Carron, William (1821-1876), botanist and explorer', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1969, pp. 360-361. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030336b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Gilbert, Lionel A., 'William Carron, Botanist and Explorer, 1821-1876', Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. xlvii, no. 5, 1961, pp. 292-311. Details
• Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Australian Botanists - (a) General, (b) New South Wales', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. xlii, 1908, pp. 60-132. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Carron, William', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-459019. Details