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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-07-31 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006095b.htm person Maxwell George AACR2 April 1804 1879 Place of Birth England Place of Death Albany, Western Australia, Australia Natural history collector George Maxwell was a natural history collector who arrived in Western Australia in 1838. He made a precarious living selling specimens especially to passengers on ships that called into King George Sound. An expert bushman, he travelled extensively in southern Western Australia making some of the most important collections from those regions. He accompanied Ludwig Preiss to Cape Riche in 1840, James Drummond (q.v.) to Porongorup and the Stirling Ranges (1846 - 1848), and Ferdinand von Mueller to areas around Albany in 1867 and 1877. Mueller purchased many of Maxwells botanical specimens: over 3,000 are in the National Herbarium of Victoria. National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

Over 3,000 of Maxwell's plant specimens are in the Herbarium

 Maxwell, George M (18040401-18791231)

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 'Maxwell, George', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Maxwell, George Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: George Maxwell's collecting locality - Eyre's Reef Brooker, Lesley George Maxwell's collecting locality - Eyre's Reef 2023 Nuytsia 34 105-9 Journal Article: George Maxwell: Bushman and Naturalist Henderson, W. G. George Maxwell: Bushman and Naturalist 2011 Early Days 13 626-48 Book: Australian botanist's companion George, Alex S. Australian botanist's companion Kardinya, W.A. Four Gables Press 2009