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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2023-12-05 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-12-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007322b.htm person Clarkson Barnard Drummond AACR2 11 December 1836 March 1909 Place of Birth near York, Western Australia, Australia Place of Death Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Botanical collector Parliamentarian Barnard Clarkson held a number of public offices in Western Australia, particularly in his home town of Toodyay and as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. In 1864 he and Charles Harper explored in the Yilgarn district seeking suitable pastoral land with good soil and water resources. Plant specimens collected during this expedition were sent to Ferdinand Mueller, Victorian Government Botanist, and are now in the National Herbarium of Victoria. 1864 1864 Career event - Expedition with Charles Harper seeking pastoral land 1867 1867 Career event - Appointed Justice of the Peace for Western Australia 1890 1897 Career position - Member for Toodyay, Western Australian Legislative Assembly 1901 1904 Career position - Chairman, Toodyay Road Board Colony of Western Australia (1829 - 1901)

Member for Toodyay, Western Australian Legislative Assembly 1890 - 1897

 Drummond, James (c. 1786 - 1863)

Clarkson was grandson of James

 Harper, Charles (1842 - 1912)

Expedition seeking pastoral land 1864

 National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

Specimens from 1864 expedition with Charles Harper are in the Herbarium

 'Clarkson, Barnard Drummond', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Clarkson, Barnard Drummond Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Expedition Eastwards from Northam by the Dempster Brothers, Clarkson, Harper and Correll, July-August 1861 Brooker, Lesley Expedition Eastwards from Northam by the Dempster Brothers, Clarkson, Harper and Correll, July-August 1861 Carlisle Hesperian Press 2007 Book: Explorers routes revisited: Clarkson Expedition 1864 Brooker, Lesley Explorers routes revisited: Clarkson Expedition 1864 Kalamunda (W.A.); Carlisle (W.A.) Lesley Brooker; Hesperian Press 2012 Journal Article: Retracing history through herbarium specimens Milne, Pina Retracing history through herbarium specimens 2020 Studies in Western Australian history 35 75-87