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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-04-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002057b.htm person Hodgkinson Clement AACR2 1818 5 September 1893 Place of Birth Southampton, England Place of Death Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia Naturalist Surveyor Civil engineer Clement Hodgkinson was the Victorian Assistant-Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey 1861-1874. He established a programme of reservation, regulation, administration and education to control the use of Victoria's forests, a model for the future forestry profession. During the later 1850s and early 1860s Hodgkinson was largely responsible for the planning and development of most of the large parks in the city of Melbourne. He was active in the Philosophical Society of Victoria (later Royal Society of Victoria), holding executive office on several occasions, and was a member of the Exploration Committee organising the Victorian Exploring Expedition. The genus Hodgkinsonia (Rubiaceae) was named in his honour. 1839 1839 Education - Qualified as surveyor and railway engineer 1851 1851 Life event - Migrated to Victoria 1852 1855 Career position - Draftsman, Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey 1854 1855 Career position - Member, Philosophical Society of Victoria 1855 1857 Career position - District Surveyor in the Warrandyte region, Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey 1855 1859 Career position - Member of Council, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1855 1859 Career position - Foundation Member, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1856 1856 Career position - Vice-President, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1857 1858 Career position - Surveyor-General of Victoria 1860 1860 Career position - Member of Council, Royal Society of Victoria 1860 1893 Career position - Member, Royal Society of Victoria 1861 1862 Career position - Member, Exploration Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria 1861 1874 Career position - Assistant Commissioner, Department of Crown Lands and Survey 21 March 1870 21 March 1870 Career position - Member, Board of Examiners, Shires Statute and Boroughs Statute 1869 VIC 1873 1874 Career position - Inspector General of Metropolitan Parks and Reserves, Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey 1874 1874 Life event - Retired Victorian Exploring Expedition (1860 - 1861)

Member of the Exploration Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria 1861 - 1862

 Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Colony and State of Victoria (1857 - 1983)

Surveyor-General 1857 - 1858; Assistant Commissioner 1861 - 1874; Inspector General of Metropolitan Parks and Reserves 1873 - 1874

 Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

Member of Council 1860

 Philosophical Society of Victoria (1854 - 1855)

Member 1854 - 1855

 Philosophical Institute of Victoria (1855 - 1859)

Foundation Member 1855 - 1859; Member of Council 1855 - 1859; Vice-President 1856

 Board of Science, Colony of Victoria (1858 - 1860)

Member 1858 -

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 Hodgkinson, Clement (1818-1893)

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 'Hodgkinson, Clement', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hodgkinson, Clement Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Hodgkinson, Clement (1818-1893), public servant Nunn, H. W. Hodgkinson, Clement (1818-1893), public servant Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1972 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J Douglas Pike 403-404 Journal Article: Relief from Duties of Minor Importance - the Removal of Baron von Mueller from the Directorship of the Royal Botanic Gardens Cohn, Helen M.; Maroske, Sara Relief from Duties of Minor Importance - the Removal of Baron von Mueller from the Directorship of the Royal Botanic Gardens 1996 Victorian Historical Journal 67 1 103-127 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records VPRS 2885 1851 - 1855 Outward letter book to Surveyor-General 1851-1855. 1 volume Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records VPRS 1261 1852 - 1903 Inward correspondence 1852-1903. 1 box Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records VPRS 5357 1856 - 1980 The land selection and correspondence files 1856-1980. 5903 boxes Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records VPRS 6605 1853 - 1860 Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands - inwards correspondence 1853-60. 35 boxes Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records VPRS 2883 1852 - 1854 Confidential outward letter book to local 1852-1854. 1 volume Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records VPRS 122 1851 - 1855 Outward letter books 1851-1855. 4 volumes Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records VPRS 44 c. 1840 - c. 1878 Inward registered and unregistered correspondence c1840-1878. 648 boxes