Biographical entry Cunningham, Richard (1793 - 1835)

Summary

Richard Cunningham was Superintendent of Sydney Botanic Garden and Colonial Botanist 1832-35. He visited New Zealand in 1833-34 and was killed while on T.L. Mitchell's 1835 expedition to ascertain the course of the Darling River.

Archival resources

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

• Richard Cunningham - Records, 1835; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Lucas, A. M., 'Richard Cunnigham, 1793-1835', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. Details
• Parsons, Vivenne, 'Cunningham, Richard (1793-1835), botanist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966, pp. 268-269. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010257b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Froggatt, Walter W., 'The Curators and Botanists of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney.', Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. xviii, III, 1932, pp. 101-133. 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, 'Cunningham, Richard', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1470980. Details