Biographical entry FitzGerald, Robert David (1830 - 1892)

Summary

Robert David Fitzgerald worked in the New South Wales Department of Lands for some years before becoming Deputy-Surveyor-General in 1873 and Chief Mining Surveyor 1874-82. He was a keen ornithologist and also published a major study of Australian orchids.

Archival resources

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

• Robert David Fitzgerald - Records, 1874 - 1892; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Herbarium, Melbourne

• Robert David Fitzgerald - Records, 1871 - 1892, MSS M9; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Robert David Fitzgerald - Records, 1870 - 1890, MS 826; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

• Woolls, W., In Memory of R. D. FitzGerald, Sydney, 1892. Details

Book Sections

• Gilbert, L. A., 'Fitzgerald, Robert David (1830-1892), surveyor and naturalist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, pp. 178-179. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040193b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Messmer, C.A., 'The Biography of Robert David FitzGerald, FLS, and Arthur James Stopps, FLS', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 48, no. 4, 1931, pp. 233-245. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'FitzGerald, Robert David', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-469233. Details