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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2019-11-19 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006710b.htm corporateBody Macleay Museum AACR2 1892 Start Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Museum Collection Management Ethnography Entomology The Macleay Museum, a part of the University of Sydney, was created when William J. Macleay donated to the University the natural history collections assembled by his uncle Alexander Macleay, his cousin William Sharp Macleay and himself. These men were leaders in scientific circles in New South Wales in the nineteenth century. Included in the donation were funds for a Curator in perpetuity. The basis of the collections was the entomological specimens brought to Australia by Alexander in 1826. Opened in 1892, the Museum houses a significant historical collection of insects, the specimens from the Chevert Expedition of 1875, over 16,000 ethnographic items, 60,000 historic photographs, and a large collection of scientific instruments. In 2020 it was rehoused, with other University museum collections, in the Chau Chak Wing Museum. Salter, Keith Eric Wellesley (1908 - 1969)

Curator 1934 - 1944

 Chevert Expedition (1875)

Specimens from the Expedition are in the Museum

 James, William Hughes (1852 - 1876)

Specimens collected on the Chevert Expedition are in the Museum

 Masters, George (1837 - 1912)

Curator of Macleay family collections and the Museum 1874 - 1912

 Macleay, William Sharp (1792 - 1865)

Macleay's collections are in the Museum

 McLeay, Alexander (1767 - 1848)

McLeay's entomological collections are in the Museum

 Macleay, William John (1820 - 1891)

Macleay established the Museum at the University of Sydney 1892

 Laporte, François Louis (1810 - 1880)

Holdings include his Norman River fishes

 'Macleay Museum', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Macleay Museum Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Conference Paper: Scientific Instruments for Sydney University in the 19th Century Holland, Julian Scientific Instruments for Sydney University in the 19th Century Canberra Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Recovering Science: Strategies and Models for the Past, Present and Future: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of Melbourne, October 1992 Tim Sherratt, Lisa Jooste and Rosanne Clayton 83-86 Journal Article: F. L. de Castelnau's Norman River fishes housed in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney Gill, A. C., Russell, B. C. and Nelson, G. F. L. de Castelnau's Norman River fishes housed in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney 2018 Zootaxa 4459 3 565-74 Journal Article: Type specimens of Hemiptera (insecta) transferred from the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, to the Australian National Insect Collection Stevens, M. M. and Carver, Mary Type specimens of Hemiptera (insecta) transferred from the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, to the Australian National Insect Collection 1986 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 108 4 263-6 Journal Article: The Macleay Museum mummy from Torres Strait: a postscript to Elliot Smith and the diffusion controversy Pretty, Graeme The Macleay Museum mummy from Torres Strait: a postscript to Elliot Smith and the diffusion controversy 1999 Mankind, new series 4 1 24-43 Journal Article: The Macleay insect collection Horning, D. S. The Macleay insect collection 1984 Antenna: bulletin of the Royal Entomoogical Society of London 8 4 172-5 Journal Article: Two bird lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) collected during Captain Cook's 2nd voyage around the world Palma, Ricardo L. Two bird lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) collected during Captain Cook's 2nd voyage around the world 1991 Archives of natural history 18 2 237-47 Book Section: The history and significance of the Macleay insect collection Horning, D. S. The history and significance of the Macleay insect collection Kensington, N.S.W. History Project Incorporated 1983 Some sources for the history of Australian science: six papers presented at a workshop on the history of science in Australia Borchardt, D. L. 23-32 Journal Article: A detailed report on the birds collected on the Chevert Expedition to New Guinea, in 1875 Fulton, Graham R. A detailed report on the birds collected on the Chevert Expedition to New Guinea, in 1875 2021 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 143 9-36 Journal Article: Macleay's choice: transacting the natural history trade in the nineteenth century Ville, Simon; Wright, Claire; and Philip, Jude Macleay's choice: transacting the natural history trade in the nineteenth century 2020 Journal of the history of biology 53 3 345-75 Journal Article: Researching the natural history trade of the nineteenth cenury Ville, Simon Researching the natural history trade of the nineteenth cenury 2020 Museum history journal 13 1 8-19 Book Section: Alexander, William Sharp, and William John Macleay: their Ornithology and Museum Fulton, G. R. Alexander, William Sharp, and William John Macleay: their Ornithology and Museum Cambridge, Massachusetts Nuttall Ornithological Club 2012 Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology, volume 2 Davis, William E., Recher, Harry F. and Boles, Walter E. 327-93 Book: Museum: the MacLeays, their Collection and the Search for Order Stacey, Robyn and Hay, Ashley Museum: the MacLeays, their Collection and the Search for Order Sydney Cambridge University Press 2007 Edited Book: Mr Macleay's celebrated cabinet: the history of the Macleays and their museum Stanbury, Peter and Holland, Julian Mr Macleay's celebrated cabinet: the history of the Macleays and their museum Sydney Macleay Museum, University of Sydney 1988 Journal Article: Presidential address Haswell, W. A. Presidential address 1892 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, ns 6 706-22