Biographical entry Keartland, George Arthur (1848 - 1926)

Summary

George Arthur Keartland was a naturalist with a keen interest in ornithology. His two main field trips were in 1894 from South Australia to the Northern Territory and in 1896-1897 to north-west Australia. Keartland complied many outstanding collections during his trips and these are now housed across Australia and at the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh. He also wrote many articles and notes on birds, many of which were printed in the Victorian Naturalist. Keartland Hills in Western Australia and the bird Keartland's (Grey headed) Honeyeater are named after him. George Keartland worked as a photographer and compositor for Melbourne's Age newspaper for over fifty years to support his naturalist studies.

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Events

1850

Life event - Migrated to Australia (Melbourne) with family

1871 -

Career position - Member of the Melbourne Typographical Society

May 1894 - August 1894

Career position - Field Ornathologist on the Horn expedition from Oodnadatta (South Australia) to MacDonnell Ranges (Northern Territory)

1896 - 1897

Career position - Field Ornathologist on the Calvert expedition to north-west Australia

1900

Career position - Co-founder of the (Royal) Australasian Ornithologists' Union

1907 - 1909

Career position - President of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria

Published resources

Book Sections

• McEvey, Allan, 'Keartland, George Arthur (1848-1926), Naturalist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 540-541. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090539b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Keartland, George Arthur', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462101. Details