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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2017-11-07 human Elizabeth Daniels and Helen Cohn updated 2025-04-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005888b.htm person Field Barron FLS AACR2 23 October 1786 11 April 1846 Place of Birth United Kingdom Place of Death Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom Judge Barron Field served as Judge of the Supreme Court of Civil Judicature in New South Wales between 1817 and his return to England in 1824. During this time he also presided over the first sitting of the Supreme Court of Van Diemen's Land in 1819. One of his judgements gave rise to what is now known as terra nullius. While not noted for his ability to get along with his fellow colonists, Field was a was active in local societies. He was a President of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales from 1822 to 1824, and a founding member of the Philosophical Society of Australasia (PSA). On returning to the United Kingdom, he published Geographical memoirs on New South Wales, one of the earliest collections of scientific papers relating to Australia. Included in the volume were five papers presented to the PSA. Field was commemorated in the monotypic plant genus Fieldia A. Cunn. (Genseriaceae) and the orchid Fieldia Gaud. (Orchidaceae) = Vandopsis. 1814 1814 Career event - Called to the bar, Inner Temple, London 24 Feb 1817 24 Feb 1817 Life event - Arrived in Sydney, New South Wales 1819 1819 Career event - Founded the first savings bank in New South Wales 1819 1819 Publication - Book: First fruits of Australian poetry 1821 1822 Career position - Foundation Member, Philosophical Society of Australasia 1822 1822 Career position - Founding Vice-President, Agricultural Society of New South Wales 1822 1824 Career position - President, Agricultural Society of New South Wales 1824 1824 Life event - Recalled to United Kingdom 1825 1846? Award - Fellow, Linnean Society of London 1828 1828 Career event - Appointed Advocate-General in Ceylon 1829 1829 Career event - Appointed Judge, Court of Civil Pleas, Gibraltar 1844 1844 Life event - Returned to the United Kingdom Philosophical Society of Australasia (1821 - 1822)

Foundation Member 1821 - 1822

 Agricultural Society of New South Wales (1822 - 1891)

President 1822 - 1824

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 'Field, Barron', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Field, Barron Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Seminar Paper: First anniversary address (by the president) : list of members : and rules and regulations of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, instituted on the 5th of July, 1822. Field, Barron First anniversary address (by the president) : list of members : and rules and regulations of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, instituted on the 5th of July, 1822. Sydney, NSW Robert Howe, Government Printer 1823 Book: A letter to Barron Field, esq : late judge of the supreme court, and president of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales : containing a refutation of the groundless assertions put forth by him to the prejudice of Van Diemen's land Kent, Thomas A letter to Barron Field, esq : late judge of the supreme court, and president of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales : containing a refutation of the groundless assertions put forth by him to the prejudice of Van Diemen's land London, England Longman 1824 Report: A vindication of the practice of not allowing the counsel for prisoners accused of felony to make speeches for them Field, Barron A vindication of the practice of not allowing the counsel for prisoners accused of felony to make speeches for them London, England Butterworth, J 1828 Report: Regulations of the New South Wales Saving Bank : a depositary for the savings of the poor. To which is prefixed a plain address to the convicts on their arrival and to the small settlers, mechanics, servants and labourers of the colony Field, Barron Regulations of the New South Wales Saving Bank : a depositary for the savings of the poor. To which is prefixed a plain address to the convicts on their arrival and to the small settlers, mechanics, servants and labourers of the colony Sydney, NSW Howe Government Printer 1819 Edited Book: Barron Field's memoirs of Wordsworth Barron, Field ; and Little Geoffrey Barron Field's memoirs of Wordsworth Sydney, NSW, Australia Sydney University Press for the Australian Academy of the Humanities 1975 Book: The Botanist and the Judge: Allan Cunningham in Tasmania 1818-1819 Orchard, A. E.; and Orchard, T. A. The Botanist and the Judge: Allan Cunningham in Tasmania 1818-1819 Weston Creek (A.C.T.) the Authors 2014 Book Section: On the rivers of New South Wales Field, Barron On the rivers of New South Wales London John Murray 1825 Geographical memoirs on New South Wales Barron Field 297-312 Book Section: On the Aborigines of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land Field, Barron On the Aborigines of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land London John Murray 1825 Geographical memoirs on New South Wales Barron Field 193-229 Edited Book: Geographical memoirs on New South Wales Field, Barron Geographical memoirs on New South Wales London John Murray 1825 Journal Article: Justice for Justice Barron Field Hewson, Helen Justice for Justice Barron Field 2005 Telopea 11 1 95-8 Book: Barron Field in New South Wales: the poetics of Terra nullius Ford, Thomas H. and Clements, Justin Barron Field in New South Wales: the poetics of Terra nullius Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 2023 Journal Article: Barron Field and the myth of Terra nullius Clemens, Justin Barron Field and the myth of Terra nullius 2018 Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales 151 2 135-41 Journal Article: Records of Australian botanists:- (a) general; (b) New South Wales Maiden, J. H. Records of Australian botanists:- (a) general; (b) New South Wales 1908 Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales 42 60-132 Volume 249 Item 2: Angus & Robertson miscellaneous material - Barron Field letters and letter from R. Therry, 1824 and 1861 Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Volume 249 Item 2: Angus & Robertson miscellaneous material - Barron Field letters and letter from R. Therry, 1824 and 1861 1002124 1824 - 1861 Extracts from records, regarding Judge Barron Field at Gibraltar Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Extracts from records, regarding Judge Barron Field at Gibraltar 917085 1829 - 1841 1 folder Paper files and documents Barron Field judgment : Marsden, Lawson and Douglass Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Barron Field judgment : Marsden, Lawson and Douglass 942398 1823 0.2 m, 1 Volume Paper files and documents Letter from Louis de Freycinet to Barron Field Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Letter from Louis de Freycinet to Barron Field 455936 6 July 1820 Paper files and documents Registers of important documents, commissions, oaths and licences State Records New South Wales, Sydney Reading Room Registers of important documents, commissions, oaths and licences Series 1059 1 January 1817 - 30 April 1863 Paper files and documents Copies of letters sent and received, mainly within the colony, or "Document books Nos. 1-3 State Records New South Wales, Sydney Reading Room Copies of letters sent and received, mainly within the colony, or "Document books Nos. 1-3 Series 938 01 January 1817 - 30 October 1827 Paper files and Documents