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Biographical entry Hill, Walter (1820 - 1904)
- Born
- 31 December 1820
Scotsdyke, Scotland - Died
- 4 February 1904
Eight Miles Plains, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Botanist
Summary
Walter Hill was the Queensland Colonial Botanist and Director of the Botanic Gardens 1855-81 and introduced tropical fruits to Queensland. Earlier he collected for Macleay and in 1854 undertook a disastrous expedition north in the ketch "Vision".
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 64; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
National Herbarium, Melbourne
- Walter Hill - Records, 1870 - 1881, MSS M10; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details
Queensland Herbarium
- Walter Hill - Records, 1859 - 1881; Queensland Herbarium. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- McKinnon, Ross, 'Hill, Walter (1819-1904), Horticulturist', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. Supplement, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 2005, pp. 177-178. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10223b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Queensland Botanists', Australasian Association for Advancement of Science, vol. xii, 1909, pp. 373-383. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Hill, Walter', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467344. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 31 July 2006
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