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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; R. Walker; and Christine Moje updated 2026-05-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001000b.htm person Campbell Archibald James AACR2 18 February 1853 11 September 1929 Place of Birth Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Box Hill, Victoria, Australia Ornithologist Photographer Archibald Campbell was active in the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria and was President of the (Royal) Australian Ornithologists' Union in 1909 and 1928. He wrote widely on Australian birds and in 1900 published his major work Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds. He used lantern slides of his photographs of eucalypts in public lectures at the Working Men's College in Melbourne, to awaken public interest in their conservation. Campbell donated his collection of birds eggs to the National Museum of Victoria in 1915.

Victorian civil service from 1869; weigher, Department of Trade and Customs from 1872; retired from the Federal Customs Department July 1914. Colonial Member, British Ornithologists' Union; Honorary Fellow, American Ornithologists' Union. Founder, Victorian Wattle Club (later League) 1899; one of the founders of the (Royal) Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1901 and president 1909 and 1928; founder, Bird Observers' Club 1905. Published Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds in 1900. Contributed popular articles on the birds of Australia to The Australasian newspaper for years. One of his sons was Archibald George Campbell (q.v.)

1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Campbell, Archibald George (1880 - 1954) National Museum of Victoria (1858 - 1983)

Campbell donated his collection of birds eggs to the Museum 1915

 Bird Observers' Club (1905 - 2007)

Foundation Member 1905 - 1929

 Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1910 - 1997)

President 1928

 Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1901 - 1910)

Foundation Member 1901 - 1910; President 1909

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 -

 Brittlebank, Charles Clifton (1862 - 1945)

Brittlebank's illustrations were published in Campbell's Nests and eggs of Australian birds

 Department of Trade and Customs, Commonwealth of Australia (1901 - 1956)

Weigher and possibly other roles c1901-1014

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 Campbell, Archibald James (18530218-19290911)

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 'Campbell, Archibald James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Campbell, Archibald James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Campbell, Archibald James (1853-1929), ornithologist McEvey, Allan Campbell, Archibald James (1853-1929), ornithologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 543-544 Journal Article: Archibald James Campbell: photographing the Australian environment Ebury, Francis Archibald James Campbell: photographing the Australian environment 2004 History of Photography 28 1 57-70 Journal Article: The Ornithology of H. L. White Campbell, A. J. The Ornithology of H. L. White 1928 Emu 27 198-200 Journal Article: A History of Australian Ornithological Research Campbell, A. J. A History of Australian Ornithological Research 1911 Emu 11 153-157 Book: Eucalypts: a Celebration Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M. Eucalypts: a Celebration Crows Nest Australia Allen & Unwin 2010

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 Book: Nests and eggs of Australian birds: including the geographical distribution of the species and popular observations thereon Campbell, Archibald James Nests and eggs of Australian birds: including the geographical distribution of the species and popular observations thereon Sheffield 1099 Journal Article: On the protection of native birds. [Topic only] Campbell, A. J. On the protection of native birds. [Topic only] Sydney, NSW Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1889 Report of the first meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1 338 Journal Article: President's address: the Union and its work Campbell, A. J. President's address: the Union and its work 1910 Emu 10 178-81 Journal Article: The passing of Campbell and Leach Iredale, T. The passing of Campbell and Leach 1930 Australian zoologist 6 2 176-7 Journal Article: John Gould's foremost successor in Australia: A. J. Campbell's travels in search of birds, their nests and eggs, and his contributions to ornithological knowledge Abbott, Ian John Gould's foremost successor in Australia: A. J. Campbell's travels in search of birds, their nests and eggs, and his contributions to ornithological knowledge 2021 The Victorian naturalist 138 1 4-29 Book: The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Robin, Libby The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2001 Archibald James Campbell - Records Private hands (Campbell, D.) Archibald James Campbell - Records 1853 - 1929 Family papers c1853-1929. Archibald James Campbell - Records Museum Victoria Archibald James Campbell - Records 1880 - 1929 Archival records and manuscript collection relating to ornithology c1880-1920. Archibald James Campbell - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Archibald James Campbell - Records MS 9972 1900 - 1929 Typescript manuscript of "Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds" by A.J. Campbell (Melbourne, 1900); watercolour drawings some by C.C. Brittlebank; photographs and photographic prints [MS 9972]. See also material in the records of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union.