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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-07-31 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-07-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007794b.htm person McCubbin Charles Wilson AACR2 24 August 1930 21 June 2010 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Sale, Victoria, Australia Artist Conservationist Environmentalist Entomologist Charles McCubbin was an artist, entomologist and environmentalist widely known for his paintings depicting Australian landscapes and fauna. Those painting reflected his many excursions across Australia and his first-hand observations of the fauna. Notable excursions included crossing the Simpson Desert in 1973 on foot with Warren Bonython, pulling the trailer with their supplies; and frequent trips to Tasmania with Arthur Neboiss of the National Museum of Victoria, to discover and study new insect species, particularly beetles, flies and caddis flies. McCubbin's paintings were published in many books, the best-known being his prize-winning Australian butterflies (1971). His expertise in butterflies was put to good use in the 1980s when he helped to set up the butterfly house at the Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens. McCubbin was a founding and Life Member of the Wildlife Art Society of Australasia. Neboiss, Arturs (1924 - 2010) Bonython, Charles Warren (1916 - 2012) Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens (1977 - )

Assisted in setting up the butterfly house 1980s

 'McCubbin, Charles Wilson', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McCubbin, Charles Wilson Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Wild food in Australia Cribb, A. B.; and Cribb, J. W. Wild food in Australia Sydney Collins 1974 Book: How to breed butterflies McCubbin, Charles, and the educational staff of the Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens How to breed butterflies Parkville, Vic. Zoological Board of Victoria 1985 Book: Australian butterflies McCubbin, Charles Australian butterflies Melbourne Nelson 1971 Newspaper Article: A life lived close to nature: Charles Wilson McCubbin, environmentalist 24-8-1930 - 21-6 2010 McCubbin, Jo and Edwards, Margot A life lived close to nature: Charles Wilson McCubbin, environmentalist 24-8-1930 - 21-6 2010 2010 Sydney Morning Herald 4 September Journal Article: Charles W. McCubbin (1930 - 2010) Honan, Patrick Charles W. McCubbin (1930 - 2010) 2010 Metamorphosis Australia: magazine of the Butterfly and Other Invertebrates Club Inc 58 33-4