Biographical entry Gilbert, John (1810? - 1845)

Summary

John Gilbert was the principal collector in Australia for John Gould and was the naturalist on Ludwig Leichhardt's expedition to Port Essington 1844-45.

Related entries

Archival resources

John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland

• John Gilbert - Records, 1843 - 1845, OM81-100; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details

JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia

• John Gilbert - Records, 1839 - 1842, LBWA/155A ..; JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details

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

• John Gilbert - Records, 1839 - 1845; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• John Gould - Records, 1839 - 1843, ML MSS 547; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Western Australia Herbarium

• John Gilbert - Records, 1842, 58(044) Gil; Western Australia Herbarium. Details

Published resources

Books

• Chisholm, A. H., The Incredible Year, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1940. Details
• Chisholm, A. H., Strange New World: the Adventures of John Gilbert and Ludwig Leichardt, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1955. Details

Book Sections

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Gilbert, John (1810?-1845)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966, pp. 441-442. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010407b.htm. Details
• Chisholm, A. H., 'Gilbert, John (1810?-1845), naturalist and explorer', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 1, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966, pp. 441-442. Details
• Fisher, Clemency Thorne, 'John Gilbert, 1812-1845', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. Details

Conference Papers

• Jackes, Betsy R., 'Retracing the Botanical Steps of Leichhardt and Gilbert in June 1845', in Short, P.S. (ed.), History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988, Australian Systematic Botany Society, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 165-170. Details

Journal Articles

• Chisholm, A. H., 'The Story of John Gilbert.', Emu, vol. 39, 1940, pp. 156-176. Details
• Chisholm, A. H., 'Birds of the Gilbert Diary', Emu, vol. 44, 1944, pp. 131-150. Details
• Chisholm, A. H., 'An Explorer and His Birds. John Gilbert's Discoveries in 1844-5', 1945. Details
• Chisholm, A. H., 'Some Early Letters in Australian Ornithology', Emu, vol. 63, 1964. Details
• Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Queensland Botanists', Australasian Association for Advancement of Science, vol. xii, 1909, pp. 373-383. Details
• Olsen, Penny, 'Mr Gilbert's Beautiful Parrakeet', National Library of Australia News. Also available at http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2005/mar05/article1.html. Details
• Torrens, H. S., 'John Gilbert (1812-1845), the Australian Naturalist and Explorer: New Light on his Work in England', Archives of Natural History, vol. 14, no. 2, 1987, pp. 211-219. Details
• Whittell, H. M., 'A Review of the Work of John Gilbert in Western Australia', Emu, vol. 41 & 51, 1941, pp. 112 - 129 & 117 & 131. Details
• Whittell, H. M., 'The Visits of John Gilbert, Naturalist, to Swan River Colony', Journal of the Western Australian Historical Society, vol. 4, 1949, pp. 23-53. Details
• Whittell, H. M., 'John Gilbert in Western Australia', Emu, vol. 41, 1951. Details
• Whittell, H. M., 'John Gilbert's Notebook on Marsupials', Western Australian Naturalist, vol. 4, 1954, pp. 104-114. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Gilbert, John', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466614. Details