Biographical entry Stuart, Charles (1802 - 1877)
- Born
- 1802
England - Died
- 1877
- Occupation
- Botanist and Natural history collector
Summary
Charles Stuart collected plants in Tasmania for R.C. Gunn from 1842 and for F. Mueller from 1847. He was based at Launceston and worked as a nurseryman. He later worked for Mueller in Melbourne and collected in the New England district.
Archival resources
National Herbarium, Melbourne
- Charles Stuart - Records, 1848 - 1852, MSS M36; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details
Published resources
Books
- Kennedy, D., Captain Charles Sturt, Australian Explorers, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1958. Details
Journal Articles
- Daley, Chas, 'Charles Stuart, an Early Australian Botanist', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 52, October, 1935, pp. 106-110; 132-107; 154-107. Details
- Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Australian Botanists - (a) General, (b) New South Wales', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. xlii, 1908, pp. 60-132. Details
- Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Tasmanian Botanists', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1909, pp. 9-29. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Stuart Charles', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476951. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 10 September 2004
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