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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003562b.htm person Gill Walter AACR2 13 October 1851 17 July 1929 Place of Birth Welford, Northamptonshire, England Place of Death Malvern, South Australia, Australia Ecology and Conservation Botanical collector Walter Gill was Conservator of Forests in South Australia 1890-1923. He was the first person in South Australia to successfully utilise the remarkable pine (Pinus insignis) for commercial purposes. During his career he also made an extensive collection of botanical specimens in South Australia, many of which were passed on to Ferdinand von Mueller, J.H. Maiden and R.T. Baker. 1884 1886 Career position - Inspector of the Crown Lands, South Australia 1886 1890 Career position - Chief Forester, Wirrabara 1890 1923 Career position - Conservator of Forests, South Australia 1922 1922 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus mcintyrensis Maiden. Gill was collector of the type 1922 1922 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus gillii Maiden was named in Gill's honour South Australian Woods and Forests Department, Colony and State of South Australia (1883 - 1992)

Conservator of Forests 1890 - 1923

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 Gill, Walter (1851-19290717)

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 'Gill, Walter', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Gill, Walter Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Conference Paper: The lives of forty South Australian foresters Dargavel, John The lives of forty South Australian foresters Canberra Australian Forest History Society 2016 Australia's Ever-changing Forests VII: Proceedings of the Ninth National Conference of the Australian Forest History Society Inc Feary, Sue and Robinson, Rob 14 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 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