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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-07-16 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-08-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006470b.htm person Strange Frederick AACR2 1816? 15 October 1854 Place of Birth Norfolk, United Kingdom Place of Death Middle Percy Island, Queensland, Australia Natural history collector Frederick Strange was a natural history collector who, except for a visit to the United Kingdom in 1852, was in Australia from c.1836 until his death in 1854. He was an independent collector who relied on the sale of his specimens to generate income. After five years in South Australia, during which time he was in the field with Charles Stuart and make the acquaintance of John Gould, Strange moved to Sydney. Thereafter he collected in New South Wales and Queensland. Strange's specimens, including shells, birds and plants, found they way into major collections such as the British Museum (Natural History) in London and the Australian Museum. His skill in collecting was noted by a number of people including Gould. Strange was murdered on Little Percy Island, Queensland, while on a collecting expedition. The genus Strangea (Proteaceae) was named in his honour. Australian Museum (1827 - )

The Museum holds Strange's specimens

 'Strange, Frederick', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Strange, Frederick Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: "By savage hands his steps were stayed": life and death on the Percy Isles, 1854 Rowland, Michael J. "By savage hands his steps were stayed": life and death on the Percy Isles, 1854 2020 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 124 63-79 Journal Article: "Sons of science": remembering John Gould's martyred collectors Noonan, Patrick "Sons of science": remembering John Gould's martyred collectors 2016 Australasian journal of Victorian studies 21 1 28-42 Journal Article: Frederick Strange: a Biography Whittell, H. M. Frederick Strange: a Biography 1947 The Australian Zoologist 11 96-114 Journal Article: The emergence of Frederick Strange, naturalist Comben, P. The emergence of Frederick Strange, naturalist 2017 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 122 67-77