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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-01-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000753b.htm person Roe John Septimus AACR2 8 May 1797 28 May 1878 Place of Birth Newbury, Berkshire, England Place of Death Western Australia, Australia Surveyor Explorer John Roe was posted in 1817 as master's mate to the surveying service in New South Wales carrying on the work done by M. Flinders. In 1829 he took the position of Surveyor-General in the Swan River Colony and collected natural history and geological specimens. From 1830 to 1849 Roe made 16 journeys of exploration in Western Australia. 1829 1849? Career position - Surveyor-general to the settlement of Swan River, Western Australia 1867 1867 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus patens Benth. Roe collected a syntype New South Wales Surveyor General [I], Colony of New South Wales (1788 - 1887)

Surveyor 1817 - 1829.

 Western Australian Survey Office, Colony of Western Australia (1829 - 1870) 1829 c. 1849

John Roe was Surveyor General from 1829 - 1849 c.

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 Roe, John Septimus (1797-1878)

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 'Roe, John Septimus', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Roe, John Septimus Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: From the edge: Australia's lost histories McKenna, Mark From the edge: Australia's lost histories Melbourne The Miegunyah Press (University of Melbourne Publishing Ltd) 2016 Book Section: John Septimus Roe, 1797-1878 Broeze, Frank John Septimus Roe, 1797-1878 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Book: Amazing Career: the story of Western australia's first surveyor-general Mercer, F. R. Amazing Career: the story of Western australia's first surveyor-general Perth 1962 Book Section: Roe, John Septimus (1797-1878), naval officer, surveyor and explorer Uren, Malcolm Roe, John Septimus (1797-1878), naval officer, surveyor and explorer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1967 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z Douglas Pike 390-392 Book: Not an Idle Man: a Biography of John Septimus Roe, Western Australia's First Surveyor-General (1797-1878), West Swan, WA: MB Roe Jackson, Janice Lynn Burton Not an Idle Man: a Biography of John Septimus Roe, Western Australia's First Surveyor-General (1797-1878), West Swan, WA: MB Roe Fremantle, W.A. Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1982 Journal Article: "Those riches of which we are so proud": Western Australian geological collecting for international and intercolonial exhibitions 1850 - 1890 Zylstra, Baige "Those riches of which we are so proud": Western Australian geological collecting for international and intercolonial exhibitions 1850 - 1890 2020 Studies in Western Australian history 35 59-74 Journal Article: 'The private museum of John Septimus Roe, dispersed 1842 Fishburn, Matthew 'The private museum of John Septimus Roe, dispersed 1842 2020 Archives of natural history 47 1 166-82 Book: The Western Australian explorations of john Septimus Roe 1829 - 1849 Hercock, Marion The Western Australian explorations of john Septimus Roe 1829 - 1849 Fremantle, W.A. Hesperion Press 2014 Edited Book: Explorers Routes Revisited: Roe Expedition 1836 Brooker, Lesley Explorers Routes Revisited: Roe Expedition 1836 Kalamunda, W.A : Carlisle, W.A. Lesley Brooker; Hesperian Press 2012 Journal Article: The natural history collections of the Perth Museum at the Swan River Mechanics' Institute: origins, role and legacies Cook, Denise; and Witcomb, Andrea The natural history collections of the Perth Museum at the Swan River Mechanics' Institute: origins, role and legacies 2020 Studies in Western Australian history 35 90-109 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 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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 John Septimus Roe - Records State Records Office of Western Australia John Septimus Roe - Records ACC 1114/37 and others 1817 - 1839 Field notebooks of surveys 1817-39 [some originals with the Department of Lands and Surveys, ACCS 629/1, 1055/21, 1395, 1571]. Calculation books kept while on the "Mermaid" and "Bathurst" 1818-22 including lunar observations, and notes on chronometers [ACC 1114/37]. John Septimus Roe - Records JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia John Septimus Roe - Records MN 8 1807 - 1878 Correspondence, official and personal, commissions, sketchbooks and family papers 1807-29 [microfilm and originals on permanent loan ACCS 328A, 563A and 568A]. Ships logs during Royal Navy career 1813-29 [ACCS 301A 491A and 563A]. Field notebooks of surveys 1817-39 [some originals with the Department of Lands and Surveys, ACC 2162A]. Diary 4 February - 18 November 1817 [microfilm and original, ACCS 491A/8 and 563A]. Records regarding his public funeral 1878 [ACC 64A]. For extra details see the biographical files [MN 8, 10, 455 and 624]. 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