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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001901b.htm person Illidge Rowland AACR2 27 November 1850 13 February 1929 Place of Birth Peckham, Surrey, England Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Entomologist Ornithologist Rowland Illidge was an amateur entomologist and ornithologist, who pioneered entomology studies in Queensland. He was particularly interested in timber moths (family Xyloryctinae) the larvae of which made residential tunnels in wood, especially Acacia. In 1898 he published a key paper on butterflies around Brisbane which included notes on food plants and which, probably the first time, included information on type specimens. Illidge assembled a large collection of insect specimens. Many butterflies are now in the South Australian Museum as part of the Thomas P. Lucas collection. Illidge's significant Coleoptera collections, originally in the University of Queensland Insect Collection, have been part of the Queensland Museum collections since 2011. Enthusiastic about the need for a naturalists' society in Queensland, Illidge was a member of early attempts to establish such a society, being President of the Natural History Society of Queensland in 1894. He was the first Honorary member of the Entomological Society of Queensland. The moth genus Illidgea (family Xyloryctinae) was named in his honour. c. 1859 c. 1859 Life event - Migrated to Australia (Brisbane) with family 1868 1876 Career position - School Teacher in Queensland c. 1877 Career position - Insurance Officer for various companies in Queensland 1886 1886 Career event - Foundation Member, Field Naturalists' Section, Royal Society of Queensland 1894 1894 Career position - President, Naturalist History Society of Queensland 1906 1906 Career event - Foundation Member, Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland 1926 1926 Career event - Associate Member, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Franzen, Ludvig (1879 - 1945) Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (1879 - )

Associate Member 1926

 Natural History Society of Queensland (1892 - 1896)

President 1894

 Field Naturalists' Section, Royal Society of Queensland (1886 - 1894)

Foundation member 1886

 Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland (1906 - 1922)

Foundation member 1906

 Queensland Museum

The Museum holds Illidge's collection of Coleoptera specimens

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 Illidge, Rowland (1850-1929)

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 'Illidge, Rowland', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Illidge, Rowland Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Musgrave, A. Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Sydney Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1932 Journal Article: List of butterflies of the Brisbane district Illidge, R. List of butterflies of the Brisbane district 1898 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 13 89-102 Journal Article: Rowland Illidge Tryon, H. Rowland Illidge 1929 Queensland naturalist 7 13-9