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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000464b.htm person Guilfoyle William Robert AACR2 8 December 1840 25 June 1912 Place of Birth Chelsea, England Place of Death East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Horticulturist Landscape gardener William Guilfoyle was curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne from 1873 to 1909. During his time as curator, he oversaw the expansion of the garden's parameters and the conversion of swamps to lakes. He was a successor to Ferdinand von Mueller in this role. Before taking up this position he designed numerous public, domestic and homestead gardens mainly in Victoria, and also accompanied Commodore Lambert to the South Sea Islands (1868). He also authored several text books on botany. 1868 1868? Career position - Botanical Collector for Commodore Lambert to the South Sea Islands H.M.S. Challenger 1873 1909 Career position - Director of the Melbourne Botanical Gardens 1911 1911 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus guilfoylei Maiden was named in his honour Melbourne Botanic Gardens, Colony and State of Victoria (1846 - 1958)

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 'Guilfoyle, William Robert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Guilfoyle, William Robert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: William Guilfoyle and Staff Discipline in the Botanic Gardens Watson, Darren William Guilfoyle and Staff Discipline in the Botanic Gardens 1996 Victorian Historical Journal 67 1 128-139 Book Section: Guilfoyle, William Robert (1840-1912), landscape gardener and botanist Gross, Alan Guilfoyle, William Robert (1840-1912), landscape gardener and botanist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1972 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J Douglas Pike 307-308 Journal Article: "Get Guilfoyle": a re-discovered landscape by one of Australia's great landscape designers Andrews, Lee "Get Guilfoyle": a re-discovered landscape by one of Australia's great landscape designers 2012 Australian Garden History 24 1 13-7 Journal Article: Before Victoria: William Guilfoyle in New South Wales Read, Stuart Before Victoria: William Guilfoyle in New South Wales 2012 Australian Garden History 24 1 4-5 Journal Article: Early plantings of William Guilfoyle Hawker, John Early plantings of William Guilfoyle 1996 Australian garden history 7 5 19-20 Journal Article: Guilfoyle plan rediscovered: Hamilton Botanic Gardens in 1881 Gilfedder, Francine Guilfoyle plan rediscovered: Hamilton Botanic Gardens in 1881 1991 Australian Garden History 3 2 10-11 Journal Article: Picturesque but instructive: William Guilfoyle's first decade at the Melbourne Botanic Gardens Aitken, Richard Picturesque but instructive: William Guilfoyle's first decade at the Melbourne Botanic Gardens 1996 Australian garden history 7 4 6-18 Book: The Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne: a history from 1845 to 1970 Pescott, Richard Thomas Martin The Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne: a history from 1845 to 1970 Melbourne Oxford University Press 1982 Book: W. R. Guilfoyle 1840-1912: the master of landscaping Pescott, R. T. M. W. R. Guilfoyle 1840-1912: the master of landscaping Melbourne Oxford University Press 1974 Book: Clearings: Six Colonial Gardeners and Their Landscapes Fox, Paul Clearings: Six Colonial Gardeners and Their Landscapes Carlton Melbourne University Press 2004 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Edited Book: The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens Aitken, Richard and Looker, Michael The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens Melbourne Oxford University Press 2002 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 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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 William Robert Guilfoyle - Records The University of Melbourne Archives William Robert Guilfoyle - Records 1871 - 1909 Grasses specimen book; sketchbook; notebook; publications, together with mock-ups 1873-1909; photograph; overall dates 1871-1909 [24 cm]. 0.24 m 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