Person
Bennett, Kenric Harold (1835 - 1891)
- Born
- 1835
Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia - Died
- 30 June 1891
Ivanhoe, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Natural history collector
Summary
Kenric Bennett collected indigenous fodder grasses, plants, etc from the Lachlan River, New South Wales during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Details
Born ca 1840. Died Ivanhoe, near Hay, New South Wales, 30 June 1891. Bush naturalist, with three major interests - birds, on whose habits he wrote a number of articles; native plants, which he collected both for himself and J.H. Maiden (q.v.) and published a number of papers on; and the native weapons, implements and utensils of aborigines.
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
Books
- Bennett, K. H., Descriptive list of Australian Aboriginal weapons, implements, etc. from the Darling and Lachlan Rivders in the Australian Museum (Sydney: Australian Museum, 1887), 8 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Bennett, Kenrick Harold, 'On Myoporum platycarpum , a Resin Producing Tree of the Interior of New South Wales', The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 7 (1882), 349-351, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/LIN/issue/view/464. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q41680725. Details
- 'Bennett, Kenric Harold (1835-18910630)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477180. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018