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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005527b.htm person Fitzalan Eugene Fitzherbert Albini AACR2 12 July 1830 20 June 1911 Place of Birth Londonderry, Ireland Place of Death South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Nurseryman Plant collector After arriving in Victoria in 1849 Eugene Fitzalan settled in Geelong, establishing a nursery business that ultimately failed. He moved to Queensland in 1859 and set up similar businesses in Bowen (1862-1887) and Cairns (1887-1897). In 1860 he was appointed Collector to the Queensland Government's expedition to investigate the area around the mouth of the Burdekin River. Specimens from this expedition were sent to Ferdinand von Mueller in Melbourne. These specimens are now in the National Herbarium of Victoria, as are other collections subsequently made by Fitzalan from many parts of Queensland. At times Fitzalan was paid by Mueller to collect for him. Companions on these collecting trips included people such as Frederick Bailey, John Dallachy, Edward Bowman and Amalie Dietrich. Fitzalan was one of the most productive and well-regarded collectors in Queensland in the period 1860-1900. Fitzalan moved to Brisbane in 1897. 1849 1849 Life event - Arrived in Victoria 1859 1859 Life event - Moved to Queensland 1860 1860 Career position - Collector on Burdekin River expedition 1863 1863 Taxonomy event - Fitzalania F. Muell. named in his honour 1893 1893 Career position - Curator, Botanical Reserve, Cairns National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

Over 2,000 specimens collected in Queensland between 1860 and 1900 are in the Herbarium

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 Fitzalan, Eugene Fitzherbert Albini (18300712-19110620)

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 'Fitzalan, Eugene Fitzherbert Albini', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Fitzalan, Eugene Fitzherbert Albini Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Overlooked plant species names associated with the botanical collections of Eugene Fitzalan Dowe, J. L. Overlooked plant species names associated with the botanical collections of Eugene Fitzalan 2015 Austrobaileya 9 3 439-44 Journal Article: "I saw a good deal of the country much more that any other collector": an assessment of the botanical collections of Eugene Fitzalan (1830-1911) Dowe, John Leslie "I saw a good deal of the country much more that any other collector": an assessment of the botanical collections of Eugene Fitzalan (1830-1911) 2015 Cunninghamia 15 87-133 Journal Article: Eugene Fitzalan (1830-1911), an enigmatic botanical collector and plantsman in Queensland Dowe, John Leslie and Nelson, E. Charles Eugene Fitzalan (1830-1911), an enigmatic botanical collector and plantsman in Queensland 2015 Queensland History Journal 22 11 795-811