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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Rigby, R. updated 2024-10-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000227b.htm person Bidwill John Carne AACR2 1815 16 March 1853 Place of Birth Exeter, England Place of Death New South Wales, Australia Botanist Land commissioner John Bidwill was Director of the Sydney Botanic Gardens and Government Botanist for a brief period in 1847-1848, when by a misunderstanding the Colonial Office gave the position to Charles Moore. He then established a Botanic Garden at Tinana, Queensland.

Born Exeter, England, 1815. Died Tinana (now a suburb of Maryborough), Queensland, 16 March 1853. Arrived Sydney 1838; joined a commercial firm; explored and collected botanical specimens New Zealand 1839, 1840; Kew 1841-44; Tahiti 1845-46; director of Sydney Botanic Gardens and government botanist 1847-48; commissioner of crown lands at Wide Bay 1848-1853; established a botanic garden at Tinana. The genus Bidwillia and some twelve species of native Australian and New Zealand plants commemorate his name.

1859 1859 Taxonomy event - Collector of the holotype Eucalyptus populifolia Hook. (1852) (= Eucalyptus populnea F. Muell. (1859)) Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Colony and State of New South Wales (1816 - ) 1847 1848

John Bidwill was Director of the Sydney Botanic Gardens and Government Botanist for a brief period in 1847-1848.

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 'Bidwill, John Carne', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bidwill, John Carne Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: John Carne Bidwill, 1815-1853 Tucker, Jane John Carne Bidwill, 1815-1853 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Book Section: Bidwill, John Carne (1815-1853), botanist Herbert, D. A. Bidwill, John Carne (1815-1853), botanist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 98-99 Book: The Voyagers: Remarkable European Explorations of New Zealand Moon, Paul The Voyagers: Remarkable European Explorations of New Zealand Auckland (N.Z.) Penguin Books 2014 Journal Article: Plant introduction and hybridisation in colonial New South Wales: the work of John Carne Bidwill, Sydney's first director Mabberley, D. J. Plant introduction and hybridisation in colonial New South Wales: the work of John Carne Bidwill, Sydney's first director 1996 Telopea 6 4 541-62 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Journal Article: Who discovered Macadamias? McConachie, Ian Who discovered Macadamias? 2022 Queensland historical journal 24 12 1087-102 Book: Sydney Botanic Gardens: biographical notes concerning the officers in charge Maiden, J. H. Sydney Botanic Gardens: biographical notes concerning the officers in charge Sydney The Gardens 1902-1903 Journal Article: Records of Queensland Botanists Maiden, J. H. Records of Queensland Botanists Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1910 Report of the twelfth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 12 373-383 Journal Article: Records of Australian botanists:- (a) general; (b) New South Wales Maiden, J. H. Records of Australian botanists:- (a) general; (b) New South Wales 1908 Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales 42 60-132 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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 John Carne Bidwill - Records Queensland Herbarium John Carne Bidwill - Records 1815 - 1853 Records compiled by Vernon Crew who was working on a biography of Bidwill; contains a draft manuscript and a typescript; overall dates c1815-53 [1 box]. 1 box 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