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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-12-20 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007149b.htm person Bick Ernest Walter AACR2 1870 5 April 1949 Place of Birth Long Ashton, Somerset, United Kingdom Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Horticultural botanist Landscape gardener Ernest Bick worked as a nurseryman, including at the Queensland Acclimatisation Society's Bowen Park, before becoming gardener at Government House in 1906. As Head gardener when the Governor's official residence was moved to Fernberg in 1910, he was responsible for laying out the new garden. In 1911 he accompanied the Governor, William MacGregor, on a collecting trip to Torres Strait and the Gulf of Carpentaria. Between 1912 and 1917 Bick was collector of botanical and entomological specimens for the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, working for Government Botanists, Frederick M. Bailey and John F. Bailey. Appointed Curator of the Brisbane Botanic Garden in 1917, Bick engaged in an extensive program of botanical exchange with other botanic gardens, landscape improvements (including drainage works), and horticultural experimentation. His wider horticultural activities included designing the Sherwood Arboretum, planting the Anzac Memorial Avenue, and raising plants for the grounds of the new University of Queensland. 1884 1884 Life event - Migrated to Queensland 1886 Career position - Foundation Member, Queensland Horticultural Society 1886 1894 Career position - Gardener, Bowen Park, Queensland Acclimatisation Society 1894 1906 Career position - Propagator and foreman, Bowen Park, Queensland Acclimatisation Society 1906 1912 Career position - Gardener (later Head Gardener), Government House 1912 1917 Career position - Botanical and entomological collector, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock 1917 1940 Career position - Curator, Brisbane Botanic Gardens 1922 Career position - Member, Royal Society of Queensland 1932 Career position - Member, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science MacGregor, William (1846 - 1919) Bailey, John Frederick (1866 - 1938) Bailey, Frederick Manson (1827 - 1915) Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

Member 1932 -

 Royal Society of Queensland (1884 - )

Member 1922 -

 Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, State of Queensland (1904 - 1963)

Botanical and entomological collector 1913 - 1917

 Brisbane Botanic Gardens (1855 - )

Curator 1917 - 1940

 Queensland Acclimatisation Society (1862 - 1940s)

Propagator and foreman, Bowen Park 1894 - 1906

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