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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-08-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001536b.htm person Brown George AACR2 7 December 1835 7 April 1917 Place of Birth Barnard Castle, Durham, England Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Ethnologist Natural history collector Missionary George Brown, a Methodist missionary, did much zoological collecting in the South Pacific, in particular Fiji, New Britain and Tonga 1860 to c.1900. The Australian Museum holds over 900 of Brown.s glass plate negatives. What was known as the George Brown Collection, containing over 800 ethnographic items, eventually found a home in the National Museum of Ethnography, Osaka, Japan.

Born Durham, England, 7 December 1835. Died Sydney, 7 April 1917. Migrated to New Zealand 1855. Local preacher, missionary to Samoa 1860-74; extensive travel in Australia and New Zealand 1874-75, canvassing support for a mission in New Britain; missionary, New Britain 1877-81; linguistic work for the mission, Sydney from 1881; superintendent, Bourke Street circuit 1884-85; general secretary of missions 1887-1908. Undertook zoological collecting in the South Pacific 1860 to ca 1900. Regular contributor to the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science.

1902 1902 Career position - President, Section E (Geography), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Brown, Roger Frederick Challis (1931 - )

George Brown was the great-grandfather of Roger Brown

 Brown, Richard Julian Challis (1936 - )

George Brown was the great-grandfather of Richard Brown

 Australian Museum (1827 - )

The Museum holds a collection of over 900 of Brown's glass plate negatives

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

President, Section E (Geography) 1902

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 Brown, George (1835-1917)

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 'Brown, George', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Brown, George Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Brown, George (1835-1917), Methodist missionary Gunson, Niel Brown, George (1835-1917), Methodist missionary Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1969 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C Douglas Pike 256-257 Book: George Brown, D. D., pioneer-missionary and explorer : an autobiography : a narrative of forty-eight years' residence and travel in Samoa, New Britain, New Ireland, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands Brown, George George Brown, D. D., pioneer-missionary and explorer : an autobiography : a narrative of forty-eight years' residence and travel in Samoa, New Britain, New Ireland, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands London Hodder and Stoughton 1908 Journal Article: Lorimer Fison Brown, G. Lorimer Fison 1908 Asian Methodist Missionary Review February Resource: The George Brown Collection at Minpaku: an introduction to the life and work of George Brown, and his collection of ethnological artefacts The George Brown Collection at Minpaku: an introduction to the life and work of George Brown, and his collection of ethnological artefacts Osaka National Museum of Ethnology [2023] Book: Gathering for God: George Brown in Oceania Gardner, Helen Bethea Gathering for God: George Brown in Oceania Dunedin, N.Z. Otago University Press 2006 Book: Pacific missionary, George Brown 1835 - 1917, Wesleyan Methodist Church Reeson, Margaret Pacific missionary, George Brown 1835 - 1917, Wesleyan Methodist Church Canberra ANU Press Resource: Reverend George Brown Pacific islands phhotographs Reverend George Brown Pacific islands phhotographs Sydney Australian Museum 2018 Book Section: Barkcloth from the Solomon Islands in the collection of George Brown Richards, Rhys; and Matthews, Peter J. Barkcloth from the Solomon Islands in the collection of George Brown Sydney Australian Museum 2021 From field to museum: studies from Melanesia in honour of Robin Torrence Specht, Jim; Attenbrow, Val; and Allen, Jim 245-58 George Brown - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales George Brown - Records ML MSS 263 1869 - 1916 Papers 1869-1916 including letters received 1872-1916 and copies of 3 letters from Brown [ML MSS 263]. George Brown - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales George Brown - Records ML DOC 3270 1885 - 1912 Various records 1885, 1912. George Brown - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales George Brown - Records ML DOC 3261 1879 Miscellaneous papers 1879. George Brown - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales George Brown - Records ML MSS 952 1879 - 1917 Papers 1879-1917 including anthropological notes and queries about the Pacific and correspondence. 1 folder George Brown - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales George Brown - Records ML MSS 1119 1860 - ? Reminiscences of Samoan life 1860-. 1 folder George Brown - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales George Brown - Records A1686/23 1883 Correspondence with F. Mueller 1883 [A1686/23]. George Brown - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales George Brown - Records ML MSS 2663 1832 - 1974 Various records including scrapbooks, family correspondence and pictorial material 1898-1974; William Butlin correspondence 1832-33 [ML MSS 2663]. George Brown - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales George Brown - Records A4096-7 1889 - 1891 Manuscript of Brown's autobiography (Hodder and Stoughton 1908) including a diary 7 June - 14 August 1890 and proceedings of the Wesleyan Board of Missions 1889-91. 1 volume