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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2025-02-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001969b.htm person Lipfert Herman Franz Otto AACR2 1864 1942 Place of Birth Poessneek, Saxe Meinigen, Germany Place of Death Perth, Western Australia, Australia Taxidermist Natural history collector Otto Lipfert, a trained furrier and taxidermist, arrived in Western Australia in 1892. In February 1894 he was appointed Taxidermist at the Geological Museum in Perth. He continued in that position when the Museum became the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery in 1897, retiring in February 1940. As taxidermist he made significant contributions to the art of taxidermy and the preservation of specimens. He also trained collectors, such as John Tunney, in methods of collecting. Lipfert was noted for his preparation of a blue whale specimen beached at Busselton, and later named in his honour. From the earliest days of his employment at the Museum, Lipfert participated in many collecting expeditions for the museum throughout the state, including areas in the southwest, north to Geraldton, and off shore islands. He visited the Houtman Abrolhos three times: for three months in 1894; in 1897 with Richard Helms; and in 1898 with H. Murray Giles. Lipfert's longest expedition was a 15-month journey along the Canning Stock Route from Wiluna to Hall's Creek in 1930 - 1931. Specimens collected on this expedition were shared between the Museum and the South Australian Museum. 1892 1892 Life event - Migrated to Western Australia February 1894 February 1894 Career event - Joined the staff of Geological Museum, Perth October 1894 December 1894 Career event - Collecting expedition to the Houtman Abrolhos 1897 1897 Career event - Collecting expedition to the Houtman Abrolhos with Richard Helms 1898 1898 Career event - Collecting expedition to the Houtman Abrolhos with H. Murray Giles 1898 1898 Career event - Collecting around Geraldton 1900 1900 Life event - Naturalised 1910 1910 Career event - Collecting on Bernier and Dorre Islands 1912 1912 Career event - Collecting at Margaret River between Cape Naturaliste and Cape Leeuwin 1920 1920 Career event - Collecting in Stirling Range 1923 1923 Career event - Collecting around Sharks Bay April 1930 August 1931 Career event - Naturalist on expedition under A. W. Canning along the Canning Stock Route February 1940 February 1940 Life event - Retired from the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery Tunney, John Thomas (1870 - 1929) Helms, Richard (1842 - 1914) Western Australian Museum (1891 - )

Taxidermist 1897 - 1940

 Lipfert, O.H.

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 'Lipfert, Herman Franz Otto (Otto)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Lipfert, Herman Franz Otto (Otto) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Otto Lipfert: Taxidermist to the Western Australian Museum, 1894-1942 Renwick, Doreen M. Otto Lipfert: Taxidermist to the Western Australian Museum, 1894-1942 1989 Early Days 10 1 57-72 Journal Article: Herman Franz Otto Lipfert Whittell, H. M. Herman Franz Otto Lipfert 1940 Emu 40 2 118-9 Book Section: A history of ornithology at the Western Australian Museum Johnstone, R. E. A history of ornithology at the Western Australian Museum Cambridge, Mass. Nuttall Ornithological Club 2008 Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology Davis, William E.; Recher, Harry E.; Boles, Walter E.; and Jackson, Jerome A. 165-98 O.H. Lipfert - Records Western Australian Museum O.H. Lipfert - Records 1920 Diary of a trip to the Stirling Ranges September - November 1920 [in Library]. 0.004 m