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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-03-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001260b.htm person Morton Alexander AACR2 11 September 1854 27 May 1907 Place of Birth New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America Place of Death Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia Museum curator Naturalist Alexander Morton became Curator of the Royal Society of Tasmania's museum in Hobart in 1884 (renamed the Tasmanian Museum, Art Gallery and Botanical Gardens in 1885 when it was transferred to the state). He was Director of that institution 1903-1907. Morton was actively engaged in the trade of Australian First Nations' ancestral remains in particular with the Australian Museum Sydney and the National Museum of Victoria working closely with W.B Spencer. Spencer, Walter Baldwin (1860 - 1929) Goldie, Andrew (1840 - 1891)

1877-c1878

 Australian Museum (1827 - )

Assistant curator 1877-1884

 Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (1863 - )

Curator 1884-1903, Director 1903-1907

 Royal Society of Tasmania (1843 - )

Honorary secretary 1887-1907

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

General Secretary 1892-1893

 Klaatsch, Hermann (1863 - 1916)

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 Morton, Alexander (1854-1907)

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 'Morton, Alexander', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Morton, Alexander Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Morton, Alexander (1854-1907), museum director and naturalist Mercer, Peter Morton, Alexander (1854-1907), museum director and naturalist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 597-598 Conference Proceedings: Report of the fourth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Morton, A. Report of the fourth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Hobart Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1893 Journal Article: Some Account of the Work and Workers of the Tasmanian Society and the Royal Society of Tasmania, From the Year 1840 to the Close of 1900. Morton, Alex Some Account of the Work and Workers of the Tasmanian Society and the Royal Society of Tasmania, From the Year 1840 to the Close of 1900. 1900 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 109-126 Book: A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Pybus, Cassandra A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Sydney Allen & Unwin 2024 Journal Article: Unravelling the Yamaji imaginings of Alexander Morton and Daisy Bates Barrington, Robin Unravelling the Yamaji imaginings of Alexander Morton and Daisy Bates 2015 Aboriginal history 39 26-61 Journal Article: Courtier to the Powerful and Zealous Curator for the People: the Contribution of Alexander Morton to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1884-1907 Huxley, J. K. Courtier to the Powerful and Zealous Curator for the People: the Contribution of Alexander Morton to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1884-1907 2008 Kanunnah 2 1-34 Journal Article: Hermann Klaatsch and his photographic representations of Australian aborigines during his scientific trip through Australia (1904-1907 Pelayo, Francisco Hermann Klaatsch and his photographic representations of Australian aborigines during his scientific trip through Australia (1904-1907 Spain Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2023 Culture & history digital journal 12 1 14 Alexander Morton - Records Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Community History Collection Alexander Morton - Records 1874 - 1907 Scrapbooks prepared by A. Morton 1887-1900; Tasmanian Museum and Botanic Gardens correspondence 1874-1907 and Trustees Minute-books 1886-1907. Alexander Morton - Records Royal Society of Tasmania Alexander Morton - Records Ms 165 1882 - 1907 List of Tasmanian birds n.d. (c.1900-1907) [1 item, Ms 165]. See also the minute books of the Council of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1882-1907 for references to Morton as curator of the Society's museum. 1 notebook