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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J., Moje, C. & Walsh, N. updated 2024-10-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000941b.htm person Campbell John Fauna AACR2 21 August 1853 25 January 1938 Place of Birth Loch Leven, Kinross-shire, Scotland Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Surveyor Botanist John Campbell joined the New South Wales Department of Lands in 1881 as a cadet draftsman, by 1884 was a licensed surveyor and in 1888 was posted to New England. He developed an intimate knowledge of the area and worked with leading botanists and geologists of the period.

Born Loch Leven, Kinross-shire, Scotland, 21 August 1853. Died Sydney, 25 January 1938. Apprenticed to an architect. New Zealand Public Works Department and the Southland Agricultural Company 1879-81; arrived Sydney 1881; cadet draftsman, Department of Lands; registered as a licensed surveyor 1884; register as a valuer 1894; Walcha district of the Armidale Land Board, pioneering cadastral survey of southern New England 1888-1903; Sydney 1903-05; crown representative and chairman of the Armidale Forest Board 1906-07; surveyor to the Closer Settlement Advisory Board 1909-13, advising on land valuation, improvements and subdivision in the Monaro and Riverina. Collected botanical specimens; made geological notes which were incorporated in T.W.E David's (q.v.) "Geological Map of the Commonwealth of Australia" (1931). President, metropolitan branch, Farmers and Settlers' Association 1915-17.

1899 1899 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus nova-anglica Deane & Maiden. Campbell was collector of the type material 1938 1938 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus michaeliana Blakely. Campbell was collector of the type material

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 Campbell, J F (1853-1938)

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 'Campbell, John Fauna', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Campbell, John Fauna Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Campbell, John Fauna (1853-1938), surveyor Atchison, John Campbell, John Fauna (1853-1938), surveyor Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 552 Journal Article: The First Decade of the AA Co Campbell, J. F. The First Decade of the AA Co 1923 Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 9 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

Source used to compile entry

 John Fauna Campbell - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales John Fauna Campbell - Records ML MSS 4133 1879 - 1939 Various records c1879-1939 on forestry and forest products, the Hunter River Flood Mitigation Scheme, soil and guano [2 boxes, ML MSS 4133]. 2 boxes