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Biographical entry Oldfield, Augustus Frederick (1820 - 1887)
- Born
- 12 January 1820
London, England - Died
- 22 May 1887
- Occupation
- Botanist
Summary
Augustus Frederick Oldfield was a botanical collector in Tasmania in the late 1850s. He made major collections along the coast of Western Australia from the Murchison River to King George Sound, as well as across the Nullabor Plain. A collection of Oldfield's specimens is housed in the National Herbarium of Victoria.
Archival resources
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
- Augustus Frederick Oldfield - Records, 1865 - 1887; Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Details
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Tasmanian Botanists', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1909, pp. 9-29. Details
Online Resources
- 'Oldfield, Augustus F. (1820-1887)', in Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators 1780s-1980s, Australian National Botanic Gardens, http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/oldfield-augustus.html. Details
- National Library of Australia, 'Oldfield Augustus Frederick', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476953. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 10 September 2004
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