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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-03-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000817b.htm person Swainson William FRS AACR2 8 October 1789 7 December 1855 Place of Birth England Zoologist Botanist William Swainson was engaged by the Victorian and Tasmanian Governments in 1855 to investigate the colony's timber trees. Colony of Victoria (1851 - 1901)

William Swainson was employed by the Colonial Government of Victoria to look into timber.

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William Swainson was employed by the Colonial Government of Van Diemen's Land to look into timber.

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 Swainson, William (1789-1855)

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 'Swainson, William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Swainson, William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: William Swainson, 1789-1855 Natusch, Sheila William Swainson, 1789-1855 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Journal Article: William Swainson: La Trobe's other botanical appoimtnent Dwyer, John William Swainson: La Trobe's other botanical appoimtnent 2020 La Trobeana: journal of the C. J. La Trobe Society Inc. 19 3 26-36 Journal Article: Mr Swainson's botanical report, principally relating to the eucalypti and casuarinae of Victoria, New Holland Hooker, W. J. Mr Swainson's botanical report, principally relating to the eucalypti and casuarinae of Victoria, New Holland 1854 Hooker’s journal of botany and Kew Garden miscellany 6 186-90 Journal Article: Such Ingenious Birds: Ferdinand Mueller and William Swainson in Victoria Maroske, Sara and Cohn, Helen M. Such Ingenious Birds: Ferdinand Mueller and William Swainson in Victoria 1992 Muelleria 7 4 529-553 Book: William Swainson of Fern Grove F.R.S., F.L.S. &c: the anatomy of a nineteenth-century naturalist Natusch, S.; and Swainson, G. M. William Swainson of Fern Grove F.R.S., F.L.S. &c: the anatomy of a nineteenth-century naturalist 3rd Wellington New Zealand Founder's Society Press 1987 Journal Article: William Swainson: naturalist, author and illustrator Knight, David M. William Swainson: naturalist, author and illustrator 1986 Archives of Natural History 13 3 275-90 Journal Article: The botanical researches of William Swainson, F.R.S., in Australasia, 1841-1855 Galloway, D. J. The botanical researches of William Swainson, F.R.S., in Australasia, 1841-1855 1978 Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 8 4 366-70 Journal Article: Records of Victorian Botanists Maiden, J. H. Records of Victorian Botanists 1908 The Victorian naturalist 25 101-117 Linnean Society of London - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Linnean Society of London - Records M596-597 1790 - 1870 Records from the Linnean Society of London relating to Australia 1790-1870, including correspondence and miscellaneous papers of George and Alexander Macleay; correspondence of William Swainson; and miscellaneous manuscripts relating to Australian botany and birds. Microfilm copies of originals held by the Linnean Society of London. 2 reels Microfilm William Swainson - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales William Swainson - Records ML MSS 561 1839 - 1849 Photocopies of correspondence 1839-49 mostly concerning Swainson's family. 1 volume William Swainson - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection William Swainson - Records MS 519 1829 - 1848 Papers, including letters to John Parkes and correspondence of the Swainson family 1833-48 (177 pages); watercolour paintings and drawings of birds 1829 [61 items, MS 519]. 61 items Artwork 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