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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. & Moje, C. updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000319b.htm person Considen Denis AACR2 c. 1760 29 December 1815 Place of Birth Ireland Natural history collector Surgeon Denis Considen was surgeon on board the "Scarborough" of the First Fleet (1788) to New South Wales and collected plants for Joseph Banks. He used eucalyptus oil, distilled from Eucalyptus piperita, to treat the sick and declared himself, in a letter to Sir Joseph Banks, as the pioneer in pharmaceutical applications of eucalyptus oil. Considen graduated in 1804 from his studies in medicine with his thesis De Tetano, which referred to his discovery of eucalyptus oil as an antiseptic and disinfectant for wounds. Botanist Joseph Maiden named Eucalyptus consideriana (1904) for Denis Considen.

Considen is known to have assisted in the collection and trade of Tasmanian First Peoples' remains. (Pybus 2024 pages 96-97)

1788 1788 Career position - Assistant surgeon of the First Fleet, aboard the Scarborough. Considen treated the sick using Eucalyptus oil, distilled from Eucalyptus piperita Sm. (1790) 1793 1793 Life event - Returned to England from New South Wales, due to ill health 1904 1904 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus consideniana Maiden was named in honour of Denis Considen Banks, Joseph (1743 - 1820) Paterson, William (1755 - 1810)

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 'Considen, Denis', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Considen, Denis Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Considen, Dennis (-1815), surgeon Gilbert, L. A. Considen, Dennis (-1815), surgeon Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 242-243 Journal Article: Denis Considen, Assistant Surgeon of the First Fleet MacPherson, J. Denis Considen, Assistant Surgeon of the First Fleet 1927 Medical Journal of Australia 2 770-773 Book Section: Tetanus - De Tetano. [1804] Considen, D. Tetanus - De Tetano. [1804] Edinburgh Archibald Constable and Co. 1824 The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal: Exhibiting a Concise View of the Latest and Most Important Discoveries in Medicine, Surgery, and Pharmacy [Index] 20 363 Journal Article: Joseph Banks and the continuing influence of European colonisation on Australian herbal practice. Evans, Sue Joseph Banks and the continuing influence of European colonisation on Australian herbal practice. 2009 Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism 21 3 63-65 Book: Eucalypts: a Celebration Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M. Eucalypts: a Celebration Crows Nest Australia Allen & Unwin 2010

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 Journal Article: The good oil: eucalyptus oil distilleries in Australia. Pearson, Michael The good oil: eucalyptus oil distilleries in Australia. 1993 Australasian Historical Archaeology 11 99-107 Journal Article: On four new species of Eucalyptus. Maiden, J. H. On four new species of Eucalyptus. Sydney Linnean Society of New South Wales 1904 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29 3 469- 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 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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 Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010 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 Powerhouse Museum Joseph Banks - Records ML MSS 2144 1766 - 1820 Banks papers 1766-1820 comprising over 27 volumes (Volumes 1-15 making up the Brabourne collection), includes correspondence, notes, plans, sketches and other documents in both manuscript and microform as well as microfilmed photocopied and facsimile copies of Banks' papers held by other repositories. These papers span the whole of Banks' scientific work on Australia and a comprehensive list of the collection is available at the Guide Shelf B. 27 volumes Eucalyptus piperita Sm. (1790), Sydney Peppermint Eucalyptus piperita Sm. (1790), Sydney Peppermint 23 January 2013 Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje, Ailie Smith

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