Person
Campbell, Walter Scott (1844 - 1935)
FLS
- Born
- 11 June 1844
Maitland, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 25 July 1935
Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Public servant
Summary
Walter Campbell began his career in 1862 as a draftsman in the Department of Lands and retired in 1908 as chief inspector of agriculture and travelling instructor in the Department of Mines and Agriculture. He established horse studs, a vineyard and several experimental farms and played a role in New South Wales becoming self-sufficient in wheat production in 1897.
Details
Born Maitland, New South Wales, 11 June 1844. Died Vaucluse, New South Wales, 25 July 1935. Educated Sydney Grammar School. Draftsman, surveyor-general's branch, Department of Lands 1862-74; chief draftsman, Department of Mines 1874-93, studying appropriate locations for experimental farms 1886 and reporting on a suitable site for the Hawkesbury Agricultural College 1889; chief clerk, agricultural branch, Department of Mines and Agriculture 1893-1900, persuading William Farrer (q.v.) to join the department in 1898; chief inspector of agriculture and travelling instructor 1900-08; investigated agricultural prospects in the Northern Territory for the Commonwealth government 1911. Collected for Ferdinand von Mueller and William Woolls (q.q.v.). Fellow, Linnean Society of London (FLS) 1901. President, Royal Australian Historical Society 1916. Wrote a paper on "The flour milling industry" for the Commonwealth royal commission on the wheat, flour and bread industries at the age of 91.
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Book Sections
- King, C. J., 'Campbell, Walter Scott (1844-1935)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 7 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 553-554. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070558b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Campbell, W.S., 'Recollections of "The Baron".', The Victorian naturalist, 52 (September) (1935), 79-82. Details
- Campbell, Walter S., 'William James Farrer', Royal Australian Historical Society, 19 (1933), 269-285. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21539093. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/17339622. Details
- 'Campbell, W S (18440611-19350525)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-484494. Details
See also
- McGregor, Russell, 'Northern optimism: the Preliminary Scientific Expedition to the Northern Territory, 1911', Northern Territory Historical Studies, 24 (2013), 39-51. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 20 February 2020