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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J., Alafaci, A.& Moje, C. updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000030b.htm person Bailey Frederick Manson CMG FLS AACR2 8 March 1827 25 June 1915 Place of Birth Hackney, London, England Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Botanist Horticulturist Botanical collector Frederick Bailey was the Colonial Botanist in Queensland 1881-1915. He had earlier been appointed by the Queensland Government as botanist to investigate the cause of diseases affecting livestock and plants. Frederick Manson collected plant specimen all over Queensland and in British New Guinea and made an important contribution to the naming and classification of eucalypts. His son was John Frederick Bailey and his grandson was Cyril Tenison White. The Queensland Herbarium is the principal repository of Bailey's specimens.

After arriving in Adelaide in 1839, Bailey partnered his father and brother in a nursery at Hackney, near Adelaide. He then made a short visit to the Bendigo goldfields. Bailey eventually moved to Queensland where he set up his own seed supply store and plant collection business. He soon gained respect as a botanist, obtaining many distinguished career positions. Frederick Bailey's name was given to more than 50 species of plants. He published many significant volumes documenting Queensland's flora include the seven volume The Queensland flora (1899-1905) and Handbook of the Ferns of Queensland (1874).

1839 1839 Life event - Arrived in Australia (Adelaide) 1858 1861 Career position - Land holder in the Hutt Valley area of New Zealand 1861 1875 Career position - Seed store owner and plant exporter in Brisbane 1874 1880 Career position - Keeper of the herbarium, Queensland Museum 1875 1879 Career position - Botanist on the Queensland Government board to inquire into the causes of diseases affecting livestock and plants 1878 1878 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus planchoniana F.Muell. Bailey collected the type. 1878 1878 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus baileyana F.Muell. named for Bailey, who collected the type 1878 1915 Award - Fellow, Linnean Society of London 1879 1879 Career event - Corresponding Member, Société Royal Botanique de Belgique 1879 1915 Career position - Corresponding Member, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1880 1882 Career position - Acting Curator, Queensland Museum 1880 1883 Award - Honorary Member, Philosophical Society of Queensland 1881 1904 Career position - Colonial (later Government) Botanist, Queensland Department of Agriculture 1884 1900 Career position - Member of Council, Royal Society of Queensland 1884 1915 Career position - Foundation Member, Royal Society of Queensland 1886 1894 Career position - Foundation Chairman, Field Naturalists' Section, Royal Society of Queensland 1890 1890 Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland 1892 1892 Career event - Corresponding Member, pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain 1902 1902 Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 1904 1915 Career position - Government Botanist, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock 1905 1905 Career event - Corresponding member, Royal Botanical Society of Edinburgh 1906 1906 Taxonomy event - Collected and described Eucalyptus leichhardtii F.M.Bailey (= Eucalyptus peltata Benth. (F. M. Bailey) ssp. Leichhardtii L. Johnson & D. Blaxell (1973)). Now Corymbia leichhardtii (F.M.Bailey) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (1995) 1911 1911 Career position - President, Section D (Biology), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1911 1911 Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) 1915 1915 Award - Honorary Member, Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland Bick, Ernest Walter (1870 - 1949) Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland (1906 - 1922)

Honorary Member 1915

 Royal Society of Queensland (1884 - )

Foundation member 1884 - 1915; President 1890

 Bailey, John Frederick (1866 - 1938)

Frederick was John's father

 White, Cyril Tenison (1890 - 1950)

Frederick Bailey was the grandfather of Cyril White

 Bailey, John (1) (1800 - 1864)

Frederick was John's son

 Byram, William (c. 1864 - 1922)

William Byram and Frederick Bailey worked together publishing bulletins on freshwater algae.

 Barclay-Miller, Thomas ( - c. 1923)

Collector of specimens for Bailey from 1875

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

President, Section D (Biology) 1911

 Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

Corresponding Member 1879 - 1915

 Field Naturalists' Section, Royal Society of Queensland (1886 - 1894)

Foundation Chairman 1886 - 1894

 Queensland Museum

Keeper of the Herbarium 1874 - 1880; Acting Curator 1880 - 1882

 Queensland Department of Agriculture, Colony and State of Queensland (1887 - 1904)

Colonial (later Government) Botanist 1881 - 1904

 Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, State of Queensland (1904 - 1963)

Government Botanist 1904 - 1915

 Queensland Herbarium (1855 - )

The Herbarium is the principal repository of Bailey's specimens

 Philosophical Society of Queensland (1859 - 1884)

Honorary Member 1880 - 1883

 Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1878 - )

Awarded the Medal 1902

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 Bailey, F Manson (1827-1915)

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 'Bailey, Frederick Manson', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bailey, Frederick Manson Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Bailey, Frederick Manson (1827-1915), colonial botanist Marks, E. N. Bailey, Frederick Manson (1827-1915), colonial botanist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1969 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C Douglas Pike 73-74 Journal Article: Eucalyptus leichhardtii Bailey, F.M. Eucalyptus leichhardtii 1906 Queensland Agricultural Journal 16 8 493 Book: Plants reputed poisonous and injurious to stock Bailey, F. Manson.; and Gordon, P. R. Plants reputed poisonous and injurious to stock Brisbane Government Printer 1887 Book: Contributions to the Queensland Flora Bailey, F.M. Contributions to the Queensland Flora Brisbane Government Printer 1891 Journal Article: Frederick Manson Bailey, CMG, FLS Presidential Address Johnston, T. Harvey Frederick Manson Bailey, CMG, FLS Presidential Address 1916 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 28 3-10 Journal Article: F. M. Bailey: His Life and Work White, C.T. F. M. Bailey: His Life and Work 1950 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland lxi 105-114 Journal Article: Colonial Science: F.M. Bailey and the Proposed Supplement to Flora australiensis Clements, Gail Colonial Science: F.M. Bailey and the Proposed Supplement to <span style="font-style:italic">Flora australiensis</span> 1998 Historical Records of Australian Science 12 2 149-162 Journal Article: Medicinal Plants of Queensland Bailey, F. M. Medicinal Plants of Queensland Sydney Linnean Society of New South Wales 1880 The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5 1-29 Book: Report of the Government Expedition to the Bellenden-Ker Range; upon the flora and fauna of that part of the Colony Meston, A.; and Bailey, F. M. Report of the Government Expedition to the Bellenden-Ker Range; upon the flora and fauna of that part of the Colony Brisbane Government Printer 1889 Journal Article: A Concise History of Australian Botany Bailey, F. M. A Concise History of Australian Botany 1891 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 8 xvii-xli Book: The Queensland flora: with plates illustrating some rare species [7 v.] Bailey, Frederick Manson The Queensland flora: with plates illustrating some rare species [7 v.] Brisbane Queensland Government 1899-1905 Book: Handbook to the ferns of Queensland : compiled from the most recent works on ferns and an introduction to fern study Bailey, F. Manson Handbook to the ferns of Queensland : compiled from the most recent works on ferns and an introduction to fern study Brisbane Thorne and Greenwell 1874 Journal Article: Many Beautiful Things: Botanists' Accounts of North Queensland Rainforests Sanderson, Rachel Many Beautiful Things: Botanists' Accounts of North Queensland Rainforests 2007 Historical Records of Australian Science 18 1 1-18 Journal Article: F.M.Bailey's taxonomy of Meston's collections from the Bennenden Ker Expedition of 1904 Dowe, John Leslie and Broughton, Alan D. F.M.Bailey's taxonomy of Meston's collections from the Bennenden Ker Expedition of 1904 2008 Austrobaileya 7 675-7 Journal Article: The Bailey Family and its Place in the Botanical History of Australia White, C. T. The Bailey Family and its Place in the Botanical History of Australia 1945 The Journal of the Historical Society of Queensland 3 5 362-368 Journal Article: Frederick Manson Bailey (1827 - 1915), as seen by Archibald Meston Short, Philip Frederick Manson Bailey (1827 - 1915), as seen by Archibald Meston 2023 Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter 196 13-7 Journal Article: The major explorations of F. M. Bailey Bean, A. R. The major explorations of F. M. Bailey 2021 Austrobaileya 11 1 67-79 Journal Article: F. M. Bailey's Ascent of Mt Bellenden-Ker in 1889, and Notes on the Publication Priority of New Vascular Plant Species from The Expedition Dowe, John L. F. M. Bailey's Ascent of Mt Bellenden-Ker in 1889, and Notes on the Publication Priority of New Vascular Plant Species from The Expedition 2007 Austrobaileya 7 555-566 Journal Article: Common leaf spot of lucerne and the dawn of mycology and plant pathology in Australia Ryley, Malcolm J. Common leaf spot of lucerne and the dawn of mycology and plant pathology in Australia 2024 Historical records of Australian science 35 2 105-15 Journal Article: A note on F. M. Bailey's botany bulletins Henderson, Rodney J. F. A note on F. M. Bailey's botany bulletins 1984 Austrobaileya 2 1 107 Book: Australian botanist's companion George, Alex S. Australian botanist's companion Kardinya, W.A. Four Gables Press 2009 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

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 Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010 Journal Article: Records of Australian botanists (second supplement) Maiden, J. H. Records of Australian botanists (second supplement) 1921 Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales 55 150-169 Frederick Manson Bailey - Records National Herbarium, Melbourne Frederick Manson Bailey - Records MSS M5 1875 - 1889 Letters by Bailey, from Brisbane, to F. Mueller about Australian plants and their identification, and contain references to Herbarium specimens 1875-83. Frederick Manson Bailey - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Frederick Manson Bailey - Records 1876 - 1896 Frederick Manson Bailey - Records Queensland Herbarium Frederick Manson Bailey - Records 1887 - 1915 Letter books of outgoing correspondence 1887-1915, 12 volumes; diaries and collecting notes of a voyage to Thursday Island and North Queensland, 1897, and of a journey to North Queensland, 1898; about 30 files of notes, publications and lists. Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von Mueller - Records National Herbarium, Melbourne Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von Mueller - Records MSS M31 1888 - 1889 Correspondence with M.C. Cooke, F.M. Bailey and G. Massee 1888-89. 5 items