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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000263b.htm person Brittlebank Charles Clifton AACR2 1862 2 November 1945 Place of Birth Derby, England Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Plant pathologist Naturalist Natural history artist Charles Brittlebank was a much-respected plant pathologist and naturalist. He came to Australia with his family via the New Hebrides, Queensland and Tasmania, settling at Myrniong near Bacchus Marsh in Victoria in the early 1890s. Here he was a farmer with his brother Thomas. In 1908 he joined the Victorian Department of Agriculture in 1908 as Assistant to Daniel McAlpine, and succeeded him as Government Pathologist in 1913. He retired in 1928 as Biologist in charge of the Department's Science Branch. While at the Department he published over 24 papers and established a diagnostic service for farmers. He was the first person to describe the destructive tomato spotted wilt disease. In the latter years of his career he lectured in plant pathology at both the Burnley School of Horticulture and the School of Agriculture, University of Melbourne. While his principal research was in fungi, he was also a keen geologist and ornithologist. With Thomas, he made extensive studies of the natural history and geology of the Werribee Gorge district to the west of Melbourne. They made the first comprehensive list of the birds of the area, while Charles was was involved in the discovery of evidence of Ice-age glaciation in Victoria in the Gorge. Charles Brittlebank was a noted natural history illustrator. His illustrations were published in: Handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria, by Charles French (1891 - 1911); Nests and eggs of Australian birds, by Archibald. J. Campbell (1900); and Fungus diseases of citrus trees in Australia and their treatment, by McAlpine (1899). Brittlebank was a member of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria. His collections and illustrations are in Museum Victoria, as are the egg collections of his brother, Thomas. c. 1893 c. 1893 Life event - Settled in Victoria 1908 1913 Career position - Assistant, Victorian Department of Agriculture 1913 1924 Career position - Government Plant Pathologist, Victorian Department of Agriculture 1923 1928 Career position - Lecturer on fungal diseases of fruit, Burnley School of Horticulture 1924 1928 Career position - Biologist-in-Charge, Science Branch, Victorian Department of Agriculture Campbell, Archibald James (1853 - 1929)

Brittlebank's illustrations were published in Campbell's Nests and eggs of Australian birds

 French, Charles (1842 - 1933)

Brittlebank's illustrations were published in French's Handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria

 McAlpine, Daniel (1849 - 1932)

Brittlebank's illustrations were published in McAlpine's Fungus diseases of citrus trees in Australia and their treatment

 Burnley School of Horticulture (1891 - 1983?)

Lecturer on fungal diseases of fruit 1913 - 1928

 Victorian Department of Agriculture, Colony and State of Victoria (1872 - 1985)

Government Plant Pathologist 1913 - 1924; Biologist-in-Charge, Science Branch 1924 - 1928

 National Museum of Victoria (1858 - 1983)

Brittlebank's collections and drawings were deposited in the Museum

 Brittlebank, Thomas (1865? - 1948)

Charles and Thomas were brothers

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 Brittlebank, C C (1862-19451102)

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 'Brittlebank, Charles Clifton', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Brittlebank, Charles Clifton Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Report: The work of the Division of Economic Botany for the year 1928-29 Dickson, B.T. The work of the Division of Economic Botany for the year 1928-29 Melbourne Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia) 1929 Book: An Australian bird book: a complete guide to the identification of the Australian species Leach, J. A. An Australian bird book: a complete guide to the identification of the Australian species Melbourne Whitcomb and Tombs 1911 Journal Article: Birds of Myrniong and surrounding districts Brittlebank C. C. Birds of Myrniong and surrounding districts 1899 Victorian naturalist 16 59-61 Journal Article: The glacial deposits of the Bacchus Marsh district Sweet, G. and Brittlebank, C. C. The glacial deposits of the Bacchus Marsh district 1893 Report of the meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 5 376-89 Journal Article: Obituary Mr C. C. Brittlebank Morrison, C. Obituary Mr C. C. Brittlebank 1945 Wild life 7 378 Journal Article: Literary notes no. 2: some Brittlebank bird paintings McEvey, A. Literary notes no. 2: some Brittlebank bird paintings 1966 Emu 66 189-90 Journal Article: The late Charles C. Brittlebank Pescott, E. E. The late Charles C. Brittlebank 1946 Victorian naturalist 62 189-91 Journal Article: The discovery of tomato spotted wilt disease Geering, Andrew D. W. The discovery of tomato spotted wilt disease 2024 Historical records of Australian science 35 2 190-7 Journal Article: Wattle gall - the quintessential Australian plant disease Ryley, Malcolm J. Wattle gall - the quintessential Australian plant disease 2024 Historical records of Australian science 35 2 116-29 Journal Article: Charles Brittlebank and the Bacchus Marsh Glacial Sediments McCann, Doug Charles Brittlebank and the Bacchus Marsh Glacial Sediments 2006 Newsletter (Earth Sciences History Group) 36 17-22 Journal Article: Historical Notes on Charles and Thomas Brittlebank, Pioneer Naturalists in the Werribee Gorge District, West of Melbourne Hewish, Marilyn Historical Notes on Charles and Thomas Brittlebank, Pioneer Naturalists in the Werribee Gorge District, West of Melbourne 2006 The Victorian naturalist 123 5 314-317 Book: Fungus diseases of citrus trees in Australia and their treatment McAlpine, D. Fungus diseases of citrus trees in Australia and their treatment Melbourne Government Printer 1899 Book: A handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria : with notes on the methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them French, C. A handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria : with notes on the methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them Melbourne Government Printer 1891-1911 Book: Nests and eggs of Australian birds: including the geographical distribution of the species and popular observations thereon Campbell, Archibald James Nests and eggs of Australian birds: including the geographical distribution of the species and popular observations thereon Sheffield 1099 Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010 Charles Clifton Brittlebank - Records National Herbarium, Melbourne Charles Clifton Brittlebank - Records Small collection of water-colour sketches of Victorian orchids. 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