Biographical entry La Billardière, Jacques-Julien Houtou de (1755 - 1834)

Summary

Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardière joined the voyages of "Recherche" and "Esperance" in 1791 which visited Australia. He acted as naturalist and collected not only plants but animals, fishes, birds and insects.

Archival resources

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

• Joseph Antoine Bruni d' Entrecasteaux - Records, 1789 - 1794, B1213-60; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Books

• Giblin, R. W., The Early History of Tasmania, London, 1928. Details

Book Sections

• 'La Billardière, Jacques-Julien Houtou de (1755-1834), naturalist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967, p. 69. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020059b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Kantvilas, G., 'A Brief History of Lichenology in Tasmania, Australia', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, vol. 117, 1983, pp. 41-52. Details
• Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Tasmanian Botanists', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1909, pp. 9-29. Details
• Maiden, J.H., 'Records of the Earlier French Botanists as Regards Australian Plants.', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. xliv, 1910, pp. 123-155. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'La Billardière, Jacques-Julien Houtou de', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-898251. Details