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Author Webb, Joan B.

Title George Caley : nineteenth century naturalist : a biography / by Joan Webb
Published Chipping Norton, N.S.W. : Surrey Beattey, 1995

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 W'PONDS  581.092 Caley Web/Gcn  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 188 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Contents The making of a botanist -- Terra Australis -- A gardener at Parramatta -- In pursuit of plants -- The indefatigable explorer -- HMS Hindostan -- Metropolis and province -- A skilful and accurate botanist -- The bird stuffer of Manchester -- Letters from St. Vincent -- An injudicious person -- No one will write my epitaph -- Appendix A. George Caley's notes for Prostanthera linearis R. Br. -- Appendix B. Collectors of the species Philotheca australis (Rutaceae) in the Natural History Museum -- Appendix C. Plants named after Caley -- Appendix D. Caley's Eucalypts
Analysis Botanists
Exploration
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 177-182
Audience Secondary school students
Subject Caley, George, 1770-1829.
Botanists -- Australia -- Biography.
Natural history -- Australia.
Naturalists -- Australia -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 96106214
ISBN 0949324620