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Biographical entry Guilfoyle, William Robert (1840 - 1912)
- Born
- 8 December 1840
Chelsea, England - Died
- 25 June 1912
East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Botanist
Summary
William Robert Guilfoyle was curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne 1873-1909 and designed numerous public, domestic and homestead gardens mainly in Victoria.
Archival resources
The University of Melbourne Archives
- William Robert Guilfoyle - Records, 1871 - 1909; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Gross, Alan, 'Guilfoyle, William Robert (1840-1912), landscape gardener and botanist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, pp. 307-308. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040348b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Australian Botanists', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. lv, 1921, pp. 60-132; 150-169. Details
- Watson, Darren, 'William Guifoyle and Staff Discipline in the Botanic Gardens', Victorian Historical Journal, vol. 67, no. 1, 1996, pp. 128-139. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Guilfoyle, W R', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1206249. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 31 July 2006
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