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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. & Walsh, N. updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000337b.htm person Cunningham Allan AACR2 13 July 1791 27 June 1839 Place of Birth Wimbledon, Surrey, England Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Botanist Explorer Allan Cunningham was sent by Joseph Banks to New South Wales in 1816 to collect plants on John Oxley's expedition to the Lachlan and Macquarie rivers in 1817. He was botanist on H.M.S. Mermaid 1817-1820 and made inland explorations of New South Wales. He collected and described many more Eucalyptus species and other plant genera than listed here. 1817 1817 Career event - Exploring the upper reaches of the Lachlan River with John Oxley 1817 1817 Taxonomy event - Collector of the type Eucalyptus acmenoides Schau. 1817 1820 Career event - Botanist in H.M.S. Mermaid under command of Phillip P. King 1823 1823 Career event - Exploring the Liverpool Plains 1824 1824 Career event - Exploring Moreton Bay 1827 1827 Career event - Discovered the Darling Downs 1828 1828 Career event - Visited New Zealand 1837 1839 Career position - Colonial Botanist, Colony of New South Wales 1843 1843 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus melliodora A.Cunn. ex Schau. 1843 1843 Taxonomy event - Collector of the type Eucalyptus oligantha Schau. 1843 1843 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus coriacea A.Cunn. ex Schau. (= Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieb. ex Spreng. (1827)) 1843 1843 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus clavigera A.Cunn. ex Schau. 1848 1848 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus bicolor A. Cunn. ex Hook. (= Eucalyptus largiflorens F. Muell. (1855)) 1867 1867 Taxonomy event - Collector of the type Eucalyptus cinerea F. Muell. ex Benth. Schauer, Johann Conrad (1813 - 1848) Oxley, John Joseph William Molesworth (1784 - 1828)

Accompanied Oxley exploring the Liverpool Plains

 King, Phillip Parker (1791 - 1856)

Accompanied King in H.M.S. Mermaid 1817 - 1820

 H.M.S. Mermaid (1816 - 1829)

Botanist on three surveying voyages around Australia

 Cunninghamia (1981 - )

Commemorated in the name of the journal Cunninghamia

 Colony of New South Wales (1788 - 1901)

Colonial Botanist 1837 - 1839

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 Cunningham, Allan (1791-1839)

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 'Cunningham, Allan', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Cunningham, Allan Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Cunningham, Allan (1791-1839), botanist and explorer Perry, T. M. Cunningham, Allan (1791-1839), botanist and explorer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 265-267 Journal Article: Allan Cunningham - with Special Reference to His Work in What is Now Queensland Hamilton, R.C. Allan Cunningham - with Special Reference to His Work in What is Now Queensland 1960 Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society xivi vi 323-342 Journal Article: Botanical, Topographical and Geological Notes on Some Routes of Allan Cunningham Maiden, J. H.; and Cambage, R.H. Botanical, Topographical and Geological Notes on Some Routes of Allan Cunningham 1909 Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales xliii 123-138 Journal Article: Allan Cunningham Dalton, W. Allan Cunningham 1959 Journal of Scone & Upper Hunter Historical Society 1-22 Journal Article: Biographical sketch of the late Allan Cunningham, Esq.,, F.L.S., M.R.G.S., etc Heward, R. Biographical sketch of the late Allan Cunningham, Esq.,, F.L.S., M.R.G.S., etc 1842 Journal of botany 2 231-320 Book: Early Explorers in Australia Lee, Ida Early Explorers in Australia London Methuen 1925 Journal Article: Allan Cunningham and the Shy Ladies at Caley's Repulse Andrews, Alan E. J. Allan Cunningham and the Shy Ladies at Caley's Repulse 1985 Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 71 2 143-150 Resource Section: Cunningham, Allan (1791-1839) Cunningham, Allan (1791-1839) Australian National Botanic Gardens 2004 Australian National Botanic Gardens - Biography Book: Allan Cunningham: Australian Collecting Localities Curry, Suzanne; Maslin, Bruce; Maslin, John Allan Cunningham: Australian Collecting Localities Canberra Australian Biological Resources Study 2002 Conference Paper: Cunningham's Collecting Localities While Botanist on Lieutenant Phillip Parker King's Survey of Coastal Australia, December 1817 to April 1822 Curry, Suzanne; Maslin, Bruce Cunningham's Collecting Localities While Botanist on Lieutenant Phillip Parker King's Survey of Coastal Australia, December 1817 to April 1822 Melbourne Australian Systematic Botany Society 1990 History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988 Short, P.S. 137-148 Book Section: Allan Cunningham, 1791-1839 Lucas, A. M. Allan Cunningham, 1791-1839 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Book Section: A specimen of the indigenous botany of the mountainous country, between the colony around Port Jackson and the settlement of Bathurst, being a portion of the results of observations made in the months of October, November and December, 1822 Cunningham, Allan A specimen of the indigenous botany of the mountainous country, between the colony around Port Jackson and the settlement of Bathurst, being a portion of the results of observations made in the months of October, November and December, 1822 London Joihn Murray 1825 Geographical memoirs on New South Wales Barron Field 323-65 Book Section: Journal of a route from Bathurst to Liverpool Plains Cunningham, Allan Journal of a route from Bathurst to Liverpool Plains London John Murray 1825 Geographical memoirs on New South Wales Barron Field 131-91 Journal Article: Brief view of the progress of interior discovery in New South Wales Cunningham, A. Brief view of the progress of interior discovery in New South Wales 1832 Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London 2 99-132 Journal Article: The Dispersal of Allan Cunningham's Botanical (and Other) Collections Orchard, Anthony E. The Dispersal of Allan Cunningham's Botanical (and Other) Collections 2014 Telopea 17 43-86 Journal Article: The Curators and Botanists of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Froggatt, Walter W. The Curators and Botanists of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney. 1932 Royal Australian Historical Society xviii III 101-133 Journal Article: Allan Cunningham: botanist, explorer, ecologist, geographer (and zoologist, geologist, plant geographer, anthropologist, agricultural commentator, linguist and social commentator) Orchard, A. E. (Tony) Allan Cunningham: botanist, explorer, ecologist, geographer (and zoologist, geologist, plant geographer, anthropologist, agricultural commentator, linguist and social commentator) 2016 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 168/9 21-30 Book: Allan Cunningham: letters of a botanist/explorer 1791 - 1839 Orchard, A. E.; and Orchard, T. A. Allan Cunningham: letters of a botanist/explorer 1791 - 1839 Weston Creek, ACT Tony Orchard 2015 Book: The Botanist and the Judge: Allan Cunningham in Tasmania 1818-1819 Orchard, A. E.; and Orchard, T. A. The Botanist and the Judge: Allan Cunningham in Tasmania 1818-1819 Weston Creek (A.C.T.) the Authors 2014 Journal Article: Alan Cunningham's cryptic publications Orchard, Anthony E. Alan Cunningham's cryptic publications 2013 Telopea 15 191-204 Journal Article: Miscellaneous notices - the death of Mr Allan Cunningham Lindley, John Miscellaneous notices - the death of Mr Allan Cunningham 1840 Edward’s botanical register 26:1-3 26 1-3 Journal Article: Allan Cunningham's Timor Collections Orchard, A. E.; and Orchard, T. A. Allan Cunningham's Timor Collections 2013 Nuytsia 23 63-88 Book: Allan Cunningham: Journal of a Botanist on Norfolk Island in 1830 Mills, Kevin Allan Cunningham: Journal of a Botanist on Norfolk Island in 1830 Jamberoo (N.S.W.) Coachwood Publishing 2012 Journal Article: Encountering Aboriginal Knowledge: Explorer Narratives on North-east Queensland, 1770 to 1820 Davis, Michael Encountering Aboriginal Knowledge: Explorer Narratives on North-east Queensland, 1770 to 1820 2014 Aboriginal History 37 29-50 Book: Tracking and Mapping the Explorers, vol. 4: Cunningham's Pandora's Pass, 1823 Whitehead, John Tracking and Mapping the Explorers, vol. 4: Cunningham's Pandora's Pass, 1823 Coonabarabran (N.S.W.) John Whitehead 2013 Journal Article: A. Cunningham, P.P. King and the Legacy to the Botanical Fraternity Webb, Joan B. A. Cunningham, P.P. King and the Legacy to the Botanical Fraternity 2013 Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 152 4-7 Book: Cunningham's Tracks 1827,Volume 3: his Journey through Gwydir and Inverell Shires, Coonabarabran Whitehead, John and Cains, Fay Cunningham's Tracks 1827,Volume 3: his Journey through Gwydir and Inverell Shires, Coonabarabran Coonabarabran, N.S.W. John Whitehead 2011 Book: Tracking and Mapping the Explorers, vol. 1: the Lachlan River exploration, 1817, Oxley - Evans - Cunningham Whitehead, John Tracking and Mapping the Explorers, vol. 1: the Lachlan River exploration, 1817, Oxley - Evans - Cunningham Coonabarabran (N.S.W.) John Whitehead 2003 Journal Article: The Russian Expedition's Sydney Visit in 1820 and Some Forgotten Blue Mountains Names Branagan, David F. The Russian Expedition's Sydney Visit in 1820 and Some Forgotten Blue Mountains Names 2010 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 143 1/2 1-28 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Gillbank, Linden 2002 Historical Records of Australian Science 14 1 110-112 Review: Allan Cunningham on Norfolk Island Orchard, A. E. Allan Cunningham on Norfolk Island 2013 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 156 33-5 Journal Article: The Botanical Magazine and George Bond's drawings of Allan Cunningham's Australian plants Mabberley, D. J. The Botanical Magazine and George Bond's drawings of Allan Cunningham's Australian plants 2004 Curtis's Botanical Magazine 17 226-35 Book: Allan Cunningham: botanist and explorer McMinn, W. G. Allan Cunningham: botanist and explorer Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 1970 Book: Allan Cunningham's plant specimens 1816 - 1822: an annotated catalogue Orchard, A. E.; and Orchard, T. A. Allan Cunningham's plant specimens 1816 - 1822: an annotated catalogue Weston Creek, A.C.T. A. E. Orchard 2020 Book: Curious Minds: the Discoveries of Australian Naturalists MacInnis, Peter Curious Minds: the Discoveries of Australian Naturalists Canberra National Library of Australia 2012 Book: The Australian botanical journals of Allan Cunningham: the later King expeditions February 1819 - September 1822 Orchard, A. E.; and Orchard, T. A. The Australian botanical journals of Allan Cunningham: the later King expeditions February 1819 - September 1822 Weston Creek, A.C.T. A. E. Orchard 2018 Review: The mountain building continues: the Orchards' Allan Cunningham saga George, Alex The mountain building continues: the Orchards' Allan Cunningham saga 2018 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 177 55-8 Conference Paper: Moving Mountains - Allan Cunningham and the Mountains of Southern Queensland Telford, R. H. Moving Mountains - Allan Cunningham and the Mountains of Southern Queensland Melbourne Australian Systematic Botany Society 1990 History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988 Short, P.S. 157-158 Book: The Australian botanical journals of Allan Cunningham: the Oxley and early King expeditions October 1816 - February 1819 Orchard, A. E.; and Orchard, T. A. The Australian botanical journals of Allan Cunningham: the Oxley and early King expeditions October 1816 - February 1819 Weston Creek, A.C.T. A. E. Orchard 2018 Journal Article: Allan Cunningham and the Boab (Adansonii gregorii; Bombacaceae) Orchard, Anthony E. Allan Cunningham and the Boab (<span style="font-style:italic">Adansonii gregorii</span>; Bombacaceae) 2017 Nuytsia 28 1-9 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 Book: Tracking and mapping the explorers, volume 5: Cunningham's expedition across the Liverpool Plains, 1825 Whitehead, John Tracking and mapping the explorers, volume 5: Cunningham's expedition across the Liverpool Plains, 1825 Coonabarabran, N.S.W. Whitehead Books 2017 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: Botanical Pioneers in Victoria Willis, J. H. Botanical Pioneers in Victoria [Melbourne] [Brown Prior Anderson] 1949 The Victorian naturalist 66 19 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: Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia performed between the years 1818 and 1822 by Captain Phillip King King, Phillip Parker Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia performed between the years 1818 and 1822 by Captain Phillip King London John Murray 1826 Resource: Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) Australian National Botanic Gardens 2012 Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010 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 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: A Garden Enclosed: Botanical Barter in Sydney, 1818-38 Endersby, Jim A Garden Enclosed: Botanical Barter in Sydney, 1818-38 2000 British Journal for the History of Science 33 313-334 Journal Article: Botanical pioneers in Victoria - I Willis, J. H. Botanical pioneers in Victoria - I 1949 Victorian naturalist 66 5 83-9 Ida Louisa Lee - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Ida Louisa Lee - Records ML MSS 337 1919 - 1937 Transcriptions of journals and logbooks of navigators in the British Museum and Public Record Office, London, including notes on the exploration of the Antarctic 1819-29, A. Cunningham 1816-39, R.L. Hare 1827-8 and correspondence relating to her books 1937 [1 box, ML MSS 337]. 1 box Allan Cunningham - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Allan Cunningham - Records P2/C Portrait, lithographed by A. Pickers from the records of the Linnean Society of NSW; photograph of the obelisk which contains his remains in the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney (SVI/MON/CUN/1). Allan Cunningham - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Allan Cunningham - Records FM 4/3101 1814 - 1839 Journals 1814-19; correspondence 1817-19 with J. Banks and W.T. Aiton; lists of seeds and specimens 1816-18 and 1821-22; original manuscript of the appendix to P.P. King's 'Survey' 1822; miscellaneous other records 1819-39 including correspondence with R. Brown. Microfilm Allan Cunningham - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Allan Cunningham - Records FM 4/3104 1819 - 1822 Journal 1819-22 describing a number of survey voyages along the eastern, northern and north-western coasts of Australia [microfilm FM 4/3104]. Microfilm Allan Cunningham - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Allan Cunningham - Records ML MSS 1374 1828 - 1830 Journal 1828-30 concerning botanical research in the Moreton Bay district. Allan Cunningham - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Allan Cunningham - Records M692 1814 - 1939 Microfilm of a manuscript relating to Cunningham 1814-39 [AJCP 1 reel positive microfilm, M692]. 1 reel Allan Cunningham - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Allan Cunningham - Records MS 4169 1819 Manuscript letter written by Cunningham 'Bot.Collr' to Sir Joseph Banks from the cutter "Mermaid", at anchor in Coepang Bay, Timor 1919 [1 item, MS 4169]. 1 item Allan Cunningham - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Allan Cunningham - Records D79 1827 - 1832 Records 1827-32 including reports of journeys and expeditions in Australia with journals, notes and observations, correspondence with A. Maconochie and other papers. 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 Linnean Society of London - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Linnean Society of London - Records FM 4/2699 1792 - 1870 Correspondence, 1805-1870, and manuscripts, 1792-1861. Microfilm Eucalyptus melliodora A.Cunn. ex Schauer (1843), Yellow Box, detail of bark Eucalyptus melliodora A.Cunn. ex Schauer (1843), Yellow Box, detail of bark 23 January 2013 Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje, Ailie Smith Eucalyptus melliodora A.Cunn. ex Schauer (1843), Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora A.Cunn. ex Schauer (1843), Yellow Box 23 January 2013 Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje, Ailie Smith Eucalyptus melliodora A.Cunn. ex Schauer (1843), Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora A.Cunn. ex Schauer (1843), Yellow Box 23 January 2013 Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje, Ailie Smith Eucalyptus acmenoides Schauer (1843), White Mahogany, detail of bark Eucalyptus acmenoides Schauer (1843), White Mahogany, detail of bark 23 January 2013 Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje, Ailie Smith Eucalyptus acmenoides Schauer (1843), White Mahogany Eucalyptus acmenoides Schauer (1843), White Mahogany 23 January 2013 Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje, Ailie Smith

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