Biographical entry Bäuerlen, William (1840 - 1917)

Summary

William Bäuerlen travelled with the New Guinea Exploration Expedition of 1885 under H.C. Everill during which the Strickland River was explored for the first time. He was later employed as Botanical Collector by the Technological Museum, Sydney 1890-1904.

Details

Born Germany, 1840 or 7 October 1845. Died 1917. Collected specimens of Australian plants for Baron Ferdinand von Mueller (q.v.) for many years; later collected specimens of plants for Joseph Henry Maiden (q.v.) around Braidwood and Tenterfield in New South Wales; went on the "Bonito" expedition to New Guinea under Captain Everill 1885, where he collected a large number of botanical specimens for von Mueller; botanical collector, Technological Museum, Sydney 1890-1904. Published "The Wild Flowers of New South Wales" with Gertrude Lovegrove 1891. Commemorated by the plant, Correa bauerlenii.

Archival resources

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

• Angus & Robertson - Records, 1824 - 1933, ML MSS 314; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• New Guinea Exploration Expedition - Records, June 1885 - November 1885, ML MSS 1090; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Herbarium, Melbourne

• William Bauerlen - Records, 1887 - 1890, MSS M21; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details

Powerhouse Museum

• William Bauerlen - Records, 1880 - 1918, MRS 4, 7, 15, 202, 87, 90; Powerhouse Museum. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Hall, Norman, 'Baeuerlen, William (1845-flor.1891)', in Botanists of the Eucalypts, CSIRO, Melbourne, 1978, p. 10. Details

Conference Papers

• Wilson, K.L., 'William Bauerlen - a 'Circumspect and Zealous' Collector', in Short, P.S. (ed.), History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988, Australian Systematic Botany Society, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 97-104. Details

Journal Articles

• Adams, Laurence G., 'The orthography of Mueller's epithets commemorating Wilhelm Bäuerlen', Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, vol. 24, 1980, pp. 8-10. Details
• Watson, C.J.B., 'The Sketcher. Botanist - bushman - artist. A trio of early bush lovers', Australian Forestry, vol. 4, 1921, pp. 311-312. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Bäuerlen, William', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1060293. Details