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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2025-09-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000811b.htm person Stutchbury Samuel AACR2 15 January 1798 12 February 1859 Place of Birth London, England Place of Death Bristol, England Geologist Biologist Samuel Stutchbury was a biologist who first arrived New South Wales in December 1825 as naturalist for the Pacific Peal Fishery Co.'s voyage to New South Wales and the Pacific Ocean. During the three months he was in Sydney he was occupied mainly with marine zoology and geology. On returning to the United Kingdom he held a sale of objects collected on his travels, and was appointed Curator of the museum of the Bristol Philosophical Society. Stutchbury returned to New South Wales having been appointed Government Geologist, arriving in November 1850. Over the next five years he surveyed large areas of New South Wales and as far north as Port Curtis, Queensland, covering over 32,000 square miles of diverse and geologically complex territory. He submitted regular reports with geological maps to the government: these were published in the parliamentary papers. A skilled and conscientious scientist, he probably accomplished more than the government was expecting, the preoccupation being mainly the discovery of gold and mineral deposits. Stutchbury left Sydney in December 1855, virtually unheralded. The fossil molluscan genus Stutchburia was named in his honour. 1820 1825 Career position - Assistant to the conservator, Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London 1821 1821 Career event - Associate, Linnean Society of London 1825 1827 Career position - Naturalist, Pacific Pearl Fishery Co. 's voyage to New South Wales and Pacific Ocean August 1831 August 1831 Career event - Appointed Curator of the museum, Bristol Philosophical Society, United Kingdom 1841 1841 Career event - Elected Fellow, Geological Society, London 1850 1850 Career position - Member of Council, Australian Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Science, Commerce and Agriculture 1850 1855 Career position - Government Geologist, New South Wales December 1855 December 1855 Life event - Left Sydney Colony of New South Wales (1788 - 1901)

Government Geologist 1850 - 1855

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Member of Council 1850

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 'Stutchbury, Samuel', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Stutchbury, Samuel Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Samuel Stutchbury, 1798-1859 Branagan, D. F. Samuel Stutchbury, 1798-1859 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Book Section: Stutchbury, Samuel (1798-1859), geologist and biologist Branagan, D. F.; Vallance, T. G. Stutchbury, Samuel (1798-1859), geologist and biologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 216-217 Journal Article: Samuel Stutchbury and His Manuscripts Branagan, David F. Samuel Stutchbury and His Manuscripts 1984 Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 21 1-15 Journal Article: Samuel Stutchbury: a Natural History Voyage to the Pacific, 1825-27 and its Consequences Branagan, David Samuel Stutchbury: a Natural History Voyage to the Pacific, 1825-27 and its Consequences 1993 Archives of Natural History 20 69-91 Journal Article: Samuel Stutchbury and the Australian Museum Branagan, David F. Samuel Stutchbury and the Australian Museum 1992 Records of the Australian Museum. Supplement 15 99-110 Book: Science in a Sea of Commerce: the Journal of a South Seas Trading Venture (1825-27) by Samuel Stutchbury: edited with an introduction and commentary by David Branagan Stutchbury, Samuel Science in a Sea of Commerce: the Journal of a South Seas Trading Venture (1825-27) by Samuel Stutchbury: edited with an introduction and commentary by David Branagan Northbridge, NSW D.F. Branagan 1996 Journal Article: Remarks by Edward Markham, Charles Darwin and Samuel Stutchbury on Kerikeri volcanic rocks, Bay of Islands Grapes, Rodney Remarks by Edward Markham, Charles Darwin and Samuel Stutchbury on Kerikeri volcanic rocks, Bay of Islands 2025 Journal of historical studies, Geoscience Society of New Zealand 84 43-6 Journal Article: Samuel Stutchbury and conversation with the late Dr. Alan Beu on Austrovenus stutchburyi and other shells collected from the Bay of Islands, with comments on Charles Darwin's observations Grapes, Rodney Samuel Stutchbury and conversation with the late Dr. Alan Beu on <span style="font-style:italic">Austrovenus stutchburyi</span> and other shells collected from the Bay of Islands, with comments on Charles Darwin's observations 2025 Journal of historical studies, Geoscience Society of New Zealand 84 29-42 Journal Article: Samuel Stutchbury (1798 - 1859 [sic]), naturalist and geologist Crane, Michael D. Samuel Stutchbury (1798 - 1859 [sic]), naturalist and geologist 1983 Notes and records of the Royal Society, London 37 2 189-200 Journal Article: Samuel Stutchbury and some of those who followed him Bryan, W. H. Samuel Stutchbury and some of those who followed him 1954 Queensland Government mining journal 55 641-6 Edited Book: History and role of government geological surveys in Australia Johns, R.K. History and role of government geological surveys in Australia Adelaide South Australian Government Printer 1976 Samuel Stutchbury - Records State Records New South Wales, Sydney Reading Room Samuel Stutchbury - Records 1850 - 1855 Letters and reports to the Colonial Secretary of the Geological and Mineralogical Survey in New South Wales, with maps and illustrations 1850-55. Artwork Samuel Stutchbury - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Samuel Stutchbury - Records 1851 Letters and reports of the Geological and Mineralogical Survey in New South Wales 1851 (These are records missing from the Colonial Secretary's records at the Archives Office of New South Wales). Samuel Stutchbury - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Samuel Stutchbury - Records A2639 1850 - 1853 'Diary of a geological and mineralogical survey of the Colony of New South Wales ...' including a report on the gold-bearing country discovered by Hargrave with maps, and illustrations by W. Curtis 1850-53 [1 volume, A2639]. 1 volume Artwork