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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-10-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002736b.htm person Weston Thomas Charles George AACR2 14 October 1866 1 December 1935 Place of Birth Poyle, Middlesex, England Place of Death Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia Horticulturist Forest scientist Thomas Weston was officer-in-charge of afforestation for Canberra from 1913 until his retirement in 1926. He carried out extensive scientifically-planned breeding trials to increase the number of species that might grow in Canberra. A suburb and a park in Canberra are named after him. Prior to migrating to Australia in 1869, Weston studied horticulture at a number of places in the UK, including working as a gardener at Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. 1896 1896 Life event - Migrated to Australia (New South Wales) 1898 1908 Career position - Gardener-in-charge of Admiralty House 1908 1912 Career position - Head Gardener at Federal Government House in Sydney 1912 1913 Career position - Superintendent of the State Nursery in Campbelltown, New South Wales 1913 1926 Career position - Officer-in-charge of afforestation in Canberra 1926 1927 Career position - Consultant to Canberra 1928 1928 Taxonomy event - Honoured with the naming of Eucalyptus westonii Maiden & Blakely. Weston collected the type material

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 'Weston, Thomas Charles George', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Weston, Thomas Charles George Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Weston, Thomas Charles George (1866-1935), horticulturist Murphy, Greg Weston, Thomas Charles George (1866-1935), horticulturist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 449-450 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

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