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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-03-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001538b.htm person Arthur John AACR2 1804 1849 Place of Birth Dunkeld, Scotland Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Botanist Gardener John Arthur was Melbourne's first botanical gardener. He arrived in Port Phillip in the first Scottish migrant barque, the "David Clark", in 1839.

Born Dunkeld, Scotland, 1804. Died Melbourne, January 1849. Trained as a landscape gardener in Scotland; arrived Melbourne 1839; farming, Heidelberg district; first superintendent, Melbourne Botanic Gardens 1846-49.

 Melbourne Botanic Gardens, Colony and State of Victoria (1846 - 1958)

Curator 1946 - 1849

 Arthur, John (1804-18491231)

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 'Arthur, John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Arthur, John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens Aitken, Richard and Looker, Michael The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens Melbourne Oxford University Press 2002 Journal Article: Records of Victorian Botanists Maiden, J. H. Records of Victorian Botanists 1908 The Victorian naturalist 25 101-117 John Arthur - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection John Arthur - Records MS 10315 1837 - 1906 Typescript of Arthur's life history as told, in 1906, to Ambrose Neate, of the Melbourne Botanical Garden's office staff by Grace Barr the daughter of J. Arthur; later published in 1908 [6 pages, MS 10315]. 6 pages Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes