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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001101b.htm person Holtze Maurice William ISO FLS AACR2 8 July 1840 12 October 1923 Place of Birth Hanover, Germany Place of Death Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia Botanist Botanic gardens director Maurice Holtze was Government Gardener of the Palmerston (later Darwin) Botanic Gardens 1878-1891 and Director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden 1891-1917. He trained in botany and horticulture in St Petersburg, Russia, and worked for a number of years in Europe before migrating to Australia with his family and settling in Palmerston (now Darwin) in the Northern Territory of South Australia. On appointment as Government Gardener in 1878 Holtze designed the Garden drawing on his European experience, although few of his planting survived later cyclones. With his son Nicholas, Holtze continued the work of William Hayes in trialling agricultural crops including sesame, opium, tapioca, arrowroot, bananas, cotton, jute and rice. During his time in the Northern Territory, Holtze collected many plant specimens which he sent to Ferdinand von Mueller in Melbourne, where they remain in the National Herbarium of Victoria. In 1891 Holtze was appointed Director of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens where, despite having fewer resources than his predecessor, he redesigned much of the Garden, developed a considerable collection of aquatic plants, and established a "type orchard" in the Mount Lofty Ranges with over 2000 varieties of apple and pear. The genus Holtzea (Fabaceae) was named in his honour. 1872 1872 Life event - Migrated to Australia with family 1872 1878 Career position - Gaol warder, Palmerston, Northern Territory of South Australia 1878 1891 Career position - Government Gardener, Palmerston, Northern Territory of South Australia 1888 1891 Career position - Forester for the Northern Territory 1889 1923 Career position - Fellow, The Linnean Society of London (FLS) 1891 1917 Career position - Director, Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1913 1913 Award - Imperial Service Order (ISO) Holtze, Nicholas (c. 1868 - 1913) Darwin Botanic Gardens (1886 - )

Government Gardener, Darwin Botanic Gardens 1878 - 1891

 National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

Specimens from northern Australia were donated to the Herbarium

 Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Colony and State of South Australia (1855 - )

Director 1891 - 1917

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 Holtze, Maurice William (1840-1923)

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 'Holtze, Maurice William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Holtze, Maurice William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The Holtze saga Ruediger, Wynnis J. The Holtze saga Morgan, South Australia The author 1988 Book Section: Holtze, Maurice William (1840-1923), botanist Kraehenbuel, Darrell N. Holtze, Maurice William (1840-1923), botanist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 353-354 Book: Seeds of Change: an Illustrated History of Adelaide Botanic Garden Aitken, Richard Seeds of Change: an Illustrated History of Adelaide Botanic Garden Richmond Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium/Bloomings Books 2006 Book: The Botanic Garden, Adelaide, South Australia: centenary volume 1855 - 1955:history, guides and catalogues of plants Adelaide Botanic Gardens The Botanic Garden, Adelaide, South Australia: centenary volume 1855 - 1955:history, guides and catalogues of plants Adelaide Government Printer 1955 Book: Remember me kindly: a history of the Holtze family in the Northern Territory Bisa, Deborah Remember me kindly: a history of the Holtze family in the Northern Territory Casuarina, N.T. Historical Society of the Northern Territory 2016 Maurice William Holtze - Records State Records of South Australia Maurice William Holtze - Records 1047/125 c. 1891 - 1917 Information and records in government files c1891-1917. Maurice William Holtze - Records State Records of South Australia Maurice William Holtze - Records 112/A1 c. 1891 - 1917 Information and records in government files c1891-1917. Maurice William Holtze - Records State Records of South Australia Maurice William Holtze - Records 111/A1 c. 1891 - 1917 Information and records in government files c1891-1917.