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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Christine Moje updated 2025-09-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000083b.htm person Bonwick James AACR2 8 July 1817 6 February 1906 Place of Birth Lingfield, Surrey, England Place of Death Southwick, Sussex, England Anthropologist Teacher Educational writer Environmentalist James Bonwick was a competent and industrious amateur in the fields of anthropology and geography. In his professional life he worked as a teacher, historian and archivist and published widely. His 1857 book How Does a Tree Grow? Or Botany for Young Australians was the first children's botany book published in Australia with a truly Australian flavour, with eucalyptus trees being the main focus.

Born Lingfield, Surrey, England, 8 July 1817. Died Southwick, near Brighton, Sussex, 6 February 1906. Primary school teacher, England 1833-41; manager, proposed normal school, Hobart Town 1841-42; established a boarding school, Hobart 1843, moved it to Glenorchy 1847; opened a private school, Adelaide 1850; Victorian goldfields 1852; lecturer, then proprietor of "Australian Gold Digger's Monthly Magazine and Colonial Family Visitor" 1852-53; unsuccessful land agency 1853-55; opened boarding school near Kew 1855-56; inspector, Denominatonal Schools Board 1856-59; England 1859-62; opened school at St Kilda, Melbourne 1862-75; immigration agent to lecture in England for the Queensland government 1874-75, 1882-83; transcription of early Australian source material for various state governments 1883-1902. Portraits of him are in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.

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 'Bonwick, James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bonwick, James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Bonwick, James (1817-1906), teacher Featherstone, Guy Bonwick, James (1817-1906), teacher Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1969 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C Douglas Pike 190-182

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 Book: How does a tree grow? or, Botany for young Australians Bonwick, James How does a tree grow? or, Botany for young Australians Melbourne James J. Blundell & Co. 1857 Book: Eucalypts: a Celebration Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M. Eucalypts: a Celebration Crows Nest Australia Allen & Unwin 2010

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 Journal Article: Origins of the Tasmanians geologically considered Bonwick, J. Origins of the Tasmanians geologically considered 1870 Journal of the Ethnological Society of London 2 2 121-31 Book: John Batman, the founder of Victoria Bonwick, James John Batman, the founder of Victoria 2nd Melbourne Fergusson and Moore, Printers 1868 Book: Discovery and Settlement of Port Phillip: being a History of the country now called Victoria, up to the arrival of Mr. Superintendent Latrobe, in October, 1839 Bonwick, James Discovery and Settlement of Port Phillip: being a History of the country now called Victoria, up to the arrival of Mr. Superintendent Latrobe, in October, 1839 Melbourne Robertson 1856 Journal Article: History, extinction and ambiguity: analysing James Bonwick's literary work on the Aboriginal Tasmanians Wallis, Zach History, extinction and ambiguity: analysing James Bonwick's literary work on the Aboriginal Tasmanians 2025 History Australia 22 3 428-47 Book: A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Pybus, Cassandra A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Sydney Allen & Unwin 2024 Book: James Bonwick: a writer of school books and histories, with a bibliography of his writings Pescott, Edward Edgar James Bonwick: a writer of school books and histories, with a bibliography of his writings Melbourne H. A. Evans 1939 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 James Bonwick - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales James Bonwick - Records A6987 1796 - 1800 'Register and Subject Index of colonial records relative to New South Wales 1796-1800' being a chronological list of documents presumed to be in the Colonial Office. 0.27 m James Bonwick - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection James Bonwick - Records H 11598 and others 1801 - 1803 3 Maps of the Victorian coast and Bass Strait 1801-3 by Charles Grimes, Governor King and E. Barrallier, transcribed by Bonwick [H 11598, 11599, 11601]. 3 items Artwork James Bonwick - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales James Bonwick - Records 1841 - 1900 Manuscripts - no scientific material. James Bonwick - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales James Bonwick - Records A6984-6 1776 - 1815 List of colonial records relative to New South Wales 1776-1815, manuscript and card index, and including documents grouped under topics such as agriculture. 0.26 m Angus & Robertson - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Angus & Robertson - Records ML MSS 314 1824 - 1933 Includes correspondence, manuscripts, readers reports, cuttings, agreements and publishing papers. 12 m, 39 boxes, 123 volumes