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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-12-04 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006154b.htm person O'Shanesy Patrick Adams AACR2 1837 December 1884 Place of Birth Ratto, County Kerry, Ireland Place of Death Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Botanical collector Nurseryman Patrick O'Shanesy was a nurseryman and botanical collector who, having trained in Scotland, arrived in Queensland in 1864 to join his brother John, also a nurseryman. They worked together in the Rockhampton area until Patrick established his own nursery in 1876. Patrick collected widely in central Queensland, sending many of his specimens to Ferdinand von Mueller in Melbourne. In the 1880s Patrick published on the botany of Springsure and a text on Queensland botany for beginners. The National Herbarium of Victoria holds over 2,000 specimens collected by the O'Shanesys, mainly Patrick. 1880 1884 Award - Member, Linnean Society of New South Wales National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

The Herbarium holds over 2,000 of O'Shanesy's specimens.

 'O'Shanesy, Patrick Adams', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology O'Shanesy, Patrick Adams Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The botany of the Springsure district O'Shanesy, P. A. The botany of the Springsure district 1881 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6 730-44 Book: Contributions to the flora of Queensland, with an epitome of botany for beginners O'Shanesy, P. A. Contributions to the flora of Queensland, with an epitome of botany for beginners Rockhampton, Qld Daily Northern Argus 1880 Edited Book: The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens Aitken, Richard and Looker, Michael The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens Melbourne Oxford University Press 2002 Book: Australian botanist's companion George, Alex S. Australian botanist's companion Kardinya, W.A. Four Gables Press 2009