Biographical entry Swainson, William John (1789 - 1855)

Summary

William John Swainson was engaged by the Victorian and Tasmanian Governments in 1855 to investigate the colony's timber trees.

Archival resources

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

• Linnean Society of London - Records, 1792 - 1870, FM 4/2699; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• William John Swainson - Records, 1839 - 1849, ML MSS 561; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• William John Swainson - Records, 1829 - 1848, MS 519; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. 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

• Natusch, Sheila, 'William Swainson, 1789-1855', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. Details

Journal Articles

• Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Victorian Botanists', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 25, 1908, pp. 101-117. Details
• Maroske, Sara and Cohn, Helen M., 'Such Ingenious Birds: Ferdinand Mueller and William Swainson in Victoria', Muelleria, vol. 7, no. 4, 1992, pp. 529-553. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Swainson, William', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-987459. Details