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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-30 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001084b.htm person Keartland George Arthur AACR2 11 June 1848 21 May 1926 Place of Birth Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England Place of Death Preston, Victoria, Australia Naturalist Ornithologist George Keartland was a naturalist with a keen interest in ornithology. His two main field trips were in 1894 from South Australia to the Northern Territory and in 1896 to north-west Australia. Keartland complied many outstanding collections during his trips and these are now housed across Australia and at the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh. He also wrote many articles and notes on birds, many of which were printed in the Victorian Naturalist. Keartland Hills in Western Australia and the bird Keartland's (Grey headed) Honeyeater are named after him. Keartland worked as a photographer and compositor for Melbourne's Age newspaper for over fifty years to support his naturalist studies. 1850 1850 Life event - Migrated to Australia (Melbourne) with family 1871 Career position - Member of the Melbourne Typographical Society May 1894 August 1894 Career position - Ornithologist, Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition 1896 1896 Career position - Field Ornithologist on the Calvert expedition to north-west Australia 1900 1900 Career position - Co-founder of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1907 1909 Career position - President, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition (1894)

Ornithologist

 The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc (1880 - )

President 1907 - 1909

 Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1901 - 1910)

Co-founder 1900

 Wells, Lawrence Allen (1860 - 1938)

Colleague on Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition

 Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition (1896)

Naturalist on the Expedition

Wikidata

 Keartland, George Arthur (18480611-19260521)

Trove

 'Keartland, George Arthur', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Keartland, George Arthur Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: The Calvert Exploring Expedition (illustrated) Anon. The Calvert Exploring Expedition (illustrated) 1896 Leader (Melbourne) 7-8 Book Section: Keartland, George Arthur (1848-1926), naturalist McEvey, Allan Keartland, George Arthur (1848-1926), naturalist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 540-541 Journal Article: List of birds collected by the Calvert Exploring Expedition in Western Australia North, Alfred J.; Keartland, G. A. List of birds collected by the Calvert Exploring Expedition in Western Australia Royal Society of South Australia 1898 Transactions and proceedings and report of the Royal Society of South Australia 22 125-192 Edited Book: The Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition Hill, J. G. The Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition London George Philip & Son 1905