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Biographical entry Macleay, George (1809 - 1891)
- Born
- 1809
London, England - Died
- 24 June 1891
Mentone, France - Occupation
- Explorer and Zoologist
Summary
(Sir) George Macleay, a colonial land owner and sometime scientist, travelled with Charles Sturt on his expedition to the Murrumbidgee and the Murray rivers in 1829. He wrote on the fossil mammals of Australia and was connected with the Australian Museum, Sydney.
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Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney
- George Macleay - Records, 1830 - 1859; Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Alexander Macleay - Records, c. 1825 - c. 1848, Uncatalogued MSS SET 380; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- George Macleay - Records, 1848 - 1880, A2954; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
- Linnean Society of London - Records, 1790 - 1870, M596-597; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- MacMillan, David S., 'MacLeay, Sir George (1809-1891), pastoralist and explorer', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967, pp. 180-182. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020157b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- 'Macleay, George', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-627837. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 1 August 2006
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