Person
Keartland, George Arthur (1848 - 1926)
- Born
- 11 June 1848
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England - Died
- 21 May 1926
Preston, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Naturalist and Ornithologist
Summary
George 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.
Details
Chronology
- 1850
- Life event - Migrated to Australia (Melbourne) with family
- 1871 -
- Career position - Member of the Melbourne Typographical Society
- May 1894 - August 1894
- Career position - Ornithologist, Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition
- 1896 - 1897
- Career position - Field Ornithologist on the Calvert expedition to north-west Australia
- 1900
- Career position - Co-founder of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union
- 1907 - 1909
- Career position - President of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- McEvey, Allan, 'Keartland, George Arthur (1848-1926), Naturalist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 9 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 540-541. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090539b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5536447. Details
- 'Keartland, George Arthur (18480611-19260521)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462101. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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