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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-04-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000288b.htm person Caley George AACR2 10 June 1770 23 May 1829 Place of Birth Craven, Yorkshire, England Place of Death Bayswater, England Botanist Explorer George Caley was sent by Joseph Banks to collect botanical specimens in New South Wales. He arrived in Sydney in 1800 and was Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens at Parramatta until 1808.

Born Craven, Yorkshire, England, 10 June 1770. Died Bayswater, England, 23 May 1829. Worked in his father's stables; studied botany and became associated with the Manchester School of Botanists; work in Kew and other gardens 1795-98; sent to New South Wales by Sir Joseph Banks (q.v.) 1798 as a collector; arrived Sydney 1800 and allotted a house at Parramatta where he could maintain a botanical garden; collected mainly botanical specimens but also birds and animals; made a number of excursions which gave him a detailed knowledge of the country surrounding the settlement; appointment terminated 1808; returned to England and lived on a small pension from Banks till 1816; superintendent, botanical gardens, St Vincent, West Indies 1816-22.

1800 1808 Career position - Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, Parramatta, New South Wales 1816 1822 Career position - Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens at St Vincent, West Indies 1905 1905 Taxonomy event - Honoured with Eucalyptus caleyi Maiden Brown, Robert (1773 - 1858)

Caley and Brown collected plants together in New South Wales

 Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Colony and State of New South Wales (1816 - ) Banks, Joseph (1743 - 1820)

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 'Caley, George', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Caley, George Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: George Caley - Robert Brown's Collecting Partner Webb, Joan B. George Caley - Robert Brown's Collecting Partner 2002 Australian Garden History 14 3 15-16 Journal Article: Some Early Naturalists and Collectors in Australia Whitley, Gilbert P. Some Early Naturalists and Collectors in Australia 1933 Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society xix 291-304 Journal Article: George Caley: His Life and Work Mitchell, R. Else George Caley: His Life and Work 1939 Royal Australian Historical Society xxv 438-542 Journal Article: Mount Hunter and Beyond: with Hunter, Bass, Tench, Wilson, Barrallier, Caley, King, and Macquarie, 1790-1815 Andrews, Alan E.J. Mount Hunter and Beyond: with Hunter, Bass, Tench, Wilson, Barrallier, Caley, King, and Macquarie, 1790-1815 1990 Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 76 1 3-15 Book: George Caley, Nineteenth Century Naturalist Webb, Joan George Caley, Nineteenth Century Naturalist Sydney Surrey Beatty & Sons 1995 Book Section: George Caley, 1770-1829 Secord, Anne George Caley, 1770-1829 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Book Section: Caley, George (1770-1829), naturalist and explorer Else-Mitchell, R. Caley, George (1770-1829), naturalist and explorer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 194-195 Book: The Devil's Wilderness: George Caley's Journey to Mount Banks, 1804 Caley, George The Devil's Wilderness: George Caley's Journey to Mount Banks, 1804 Hobart Blubber Head Press 1984 Book: A Birdstuffer's Library: a 19th Century Naturalist's Library Webb, Joan A Birdstuffer's Library: a 19th Century Naturalist's Library North Ryde, N.S.W. the author 2009 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Kirsop, Wallace 2010 Historical Records of Australian Science 21 2 294-5 Journal Article: George Caley's contribution to Australian natural history, particularly botany Ingram, C. K. George Caley's contribution to Australian natural history, particularly botany 1988 Orchadian 10 51-3 Journal Article: Druid's Caps - George Caley's collections of the genus Pterostylis R.Br. in the colony of New South Wales 1800-1810 Webb, Joan B.; and Lister, Peter R. Druid's Caps - George Caley's collections of the genus <span style="font-style:italic">Pterostylis</span> R.Br. in the colony of New South Wales 1800-1810 1991 Australian Systematic Botany Society newsletter 91 16-9 Book: Upside Down World: Early European Impressions of Australia's Curious Animals Olsen, Penny Upside Down World: Early European Impressions of Australia's Curious Animals Canberra National Library of Australia 2010 Journal Article: George Caley; botanical collector in New South Wales 1800 - 1810 Maiden, J. H. George Caley; botanical collector in New South Wales 1800 - 1810 1903 Agricultural gazette of New South Wales 13 988-96 Journal Article: George Caley - Robert Brown's collecting partner Webb, Joan B. George Caley - Robert Brown's collecting partner 2002 Cunninghamia 9 617-21 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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 Journal Article: Ethnographic collecting and the despotism of Joseph Banks Simpson, Daniel Ethnographic collecting and the despotism of Joseph Banks 2019 Journal of maritime research 21 1/2 77-95 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Journal Article: Records of Tasmanian Botanists Maiden, J. H. Records of Tasmanian Botanists 1909 Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1909 9-29 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 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 Journal Article: Two centuries of botanical exploration along the "Botanists Way", northern Blue Mountains, N.S.W.: a regional botanical history that reflects national trends Benson, Doug Two centuries of botanical exploration along the "Botanists Way", northern Blue Mountains, N.S.W.: a regional botanical history that reflects national trends 2019 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 141 1-14 Book: Australia's first naturalists: indigenous peoples' contribution to early zoology Olsen, Penny; and Russell, Lynette Australia's first naturalists: indigenous peoples' contribution to early zoology Canberra National Library of Australia 2019 Ida Louisa Lee - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Ida Louisa Lee - Records ML MSS 75 1819 - 1937 Notebooks and correspondence 1898-1922 on the exploration of Australia 1791-1821 including copies of the journals of G. Caley 1802-04 and A. Cunningham 1817-19, correspondence with J. Banks 1817-21, and photographs, charts and newscuttings. 29 volumes George Caley - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales George Caley - Records FM 5/402-451 1809 - 1818 Letters 1809, 1816-18 to Banks concerning botanical subjects. 50 transparencies Microfilm George Caley - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales George Caley - Records FM 4/2568 1801 - 1808 Microfilm of botanical notebooks 1801-08, and accounts of explorations 1801-06 from originals in the Natural History Museum covering the Hunter River, Norfolk Island, Tasmania, Sydney and Nepean districts, the Vaccary Forest and Mount Banks, and an account of a water-mill erected at Parramatta 1803. Microfilm George Caley - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales George Caley - Records ML MSS 960 1801 - 1940 Photoprints of journals 1801-05 of Caley and his explorations in NSW from originals in the Natural History Museum, (London) and correspondence between R. Else-Mitchell and others about Caley 1938-40 [ML MSS 960 and microfilm, FM 4/2568]. Microform 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 Joseph Banks - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Joseph Banks - Records MS Q158-161 1774 - 1814 Correspondence 1774-1814. Includes correspondence with George Caley and Daniel Solander. R. Else-Mitchell - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales R. Else-Mitchell - Records ML MSS 1265 1939 - 1951 Articles covering 1770-1940, published in the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 1939-1951. Includes references to George Bass, George Caley and Francis Luis Barrallier. 6 volumes