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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000681b.htm person Oldfield Augustus Frederick AACR2 12 January 1820 22 May 1887 Place of Birth London, England Botanist Botanical collector Augustus Oldfield was a botanical collector in Tasmania in the late 1850s. He made major collections along the coast of Western Australia from the Murchison River to King George Sound, as well as across the Nullabor Plain. A collection of Oldfield's specimens (over 3,500 sheets) is housed in the National Herbarium of Victoria. 1860 1860 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus eudesmioides F. Muell. Oldfield collected the type or syntype 1860 1860 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus erythrocorys F. Muell. Oldfield collected the type 1860 1860 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus oldfieldii F. Muell. Was named for Oldfield, who also collected the type 1866 1866 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus patens Benth. Oldfield collected the type or syntype 1867 1867 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus redunca Schau. var. elata Benth. (= E. wandoo Blakely (1934)). Oldfield collected the type or syntype material National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

The Herbarium holds over 3,500 Oldfield specimens

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 Oldfield, Augustus Frederick (1821-1887)

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 'Oldfield, Augustus Frederick', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Oldfield, Augustus Frederick Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Oldfield, Augustus F. (1820-1887) Oldfield, Augustus F. (1820-1887) Australian National Botanic Gardens Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators 1780s-1980s Journal Article: On the Aborigines of Australia Oldfield, Augustus On the Aborigines of Australia 1865 Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London 3 215-98 Book: On the Aborigines of Australia, with an introduction by Helen HENDERSON Oldfield, Augustus On the Aborigines of Australia, with an introduction by Helen HENDERSON Carlisle, W.A. Herpserian Press 2005 Journal Article: Mr Miles, Mr Oldfield and Professor Huxley: early thoughts on the origins of the Australians Murray, Tim Mr Miles, Mr Oldfield and Professor Huxley: early thoughts on the origins of the Australians 2023 Bulletin of the history of archaeology 33 1 1-12 Journal Article: Mr Miles, Mr Oldfield and Professor Huxley: early thoughts on the origins of the Australians Murray, Tim Mr Miles, Mr Oldfield and Professor Huxley: early thoughts on the origins of the Australians 2023 Bulletin of the history of archaeology 33 1 1-12 Review: Another biography of a major Australian plant collector: Augustus Oldfield George, Alex Another biography of a major Australian plant collector: Augustus Oldfield 2018 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 177 58-61 Book: The greater prize than gold: Augustus Oldfield, nineteenth century botanical collector and ethnographer Henderson, M. Helen; and Henderson, William G. The greater prize than gold: Augustus Oldfield, nineteenth century botanical collector and ethnographer Perth, W.A. The Book Reality Experience 2018 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 Augustus Frederick Oldfield - Records Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Augustus Frederick Oldfield - Records 1865 - 1887 Various records including chapters on species, genesis, organization, generation, development, life, existence, classification and distribution of plants c1865-87 [860 pages]. 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