Biographical entry Waterhouse, Gustavus Athol (1877 - 1950)

Summary

Gustavus Athol Waterhouse published with G. Lyell "The Butterflies of Australia" (1914) and "What Butterfly is that?" (1932) illustrated by N.W. Caley. He worked at the Royal Mint, Sydney 1900-26, was associated with the Australian Museum 1919-47 and worked for CSIR 1928-29.

Archival resources

Australian Museum

• Gustavus Athol Waterhouse - Records, 1914 - 1924, Series 41; Australian Museum. Details

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies

• Gustavus Athol Waterhouse - Records, 1928 - 1929; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies. Details

Published resources

Books

• Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales., Sydney, 1932, 380 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Evans, J. W., 'Waterhouse, Gustavus Athol (1877-1950)', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 390-391. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120439b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Gustavus Athol Waterhouse, 1877-1950', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. 78, 1953, pp. 269-275. Details
• Musgrave, A., 'Obituary: Gustavus Athol Waterhouse', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 13, no. 3, 1950, pp. 75-76. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Waterhouse, G A', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-602383. Details