Charles Robert Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection On the Origin of Species 1859 convinced biologists that evolution had occurred. He visited Australia in 1836 as naturalist on the Beagle, and subsequently used Australian material in developing his ideas

This bibliography combines a list of books and articles which concentrate on these links with Australia with an attempt to create a comprehensive list of the many online resources about his work and ready access to his written works and correspondence. Although extensive, this bibliography is necessarily a work in progress, and it is hoped that readers will advise the National Museum of Australia Library of omissions or deficiencies. All such communications should be addressed to National Museum of Australia library.

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Allan, M, Darwin and His Flowers : The Key to Natural Selection, (London: Faber, 1977) [NMA 925.8 DAR]

Armstrong, P, 'Charles Darwin 1809-1882.', Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies. Vol. 9 1985, pp.37-45.
Charles Darwin was not a geographer and never held a university position, yet his direct and indirect influence on academic geography and indeed on all of Western Thought, was enormous. He described himself, above all, as a 'naturalist'. He was, in many respects, a typical Victorian polymath, publishing important material in the fields of geology, palaeontology, geography, psychology, botany and zoology. Yet one theme runs through a great deal of his work, one that he derived very largely from Lyell, and that can be seen alike in his studies of coral reefs, the effects of earthworms on soil, and child development as well as the doctrine with which he is most closely associated - evolution through natural selection - that of 'gradualism'. -from Author Dept Geog, Univ Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia.

Armstrong, P, 'Darwin's Days: Charles Darwin in Western Australia, some further Notes', Indian Ocean Review v.1 (1), March 1988, pp.1+.

Armstrong, P and C Darwin, Charles Darwin in Western Australia : A Young Scientist's Perception of an Environment, (Nedlands, W.A.: University of Western Australia Press, 1985) , 80 pp. [NMA 574.9941 ARM].

Armstrong, P, Indian Ocean Centre for Peace Studies. and University of Western Australia. Dept. of Geography., Under the Blue Vault of Heaven : A Study of Charles Darwin's Sojourn in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands , (Nedlands, W.A. : Indian Ocean Centre for Peace Studies, 1991), 120 pp.

Banks, M, 'Charles Darwin's Visit to Hobart Town', Tasmanian Tramp v.24 1982, pp.180-186.

Barrett, PH, HE Gruber and C Darwin , Darwin on Man : A Psychological Study of Scientific Creativity, (London: Wildwood House, 1974) , 495 pp.[NMA RIDE 576.82 DAR].

Berra, TM, 'Art, Ichthyology, Charles Darwin and the Northern Territory of Australia', Beagle v.22 (December), 2006, pp.91-97.

Birch, LC, 'In the Footsteps of Charles Darwin', Australian Journal of Science v.21 1958, pp.33-39.

Bowler, PJ, Charles Darwin: Man and His Influence, (Cambridge University Press, 1996) .

Browne, J, Charles Darwin Voyaging: Volume 1 of a Biography, (London: Jonathon Cape, 1995) , 640 pp.

Butcher, BW, 'Adding Stones to the Great Pile? Charles Darwin's use of Australian Resources, 1837-1882', Historical Records of Australian Science v.8 (1), 1989, pp.1-14.[NMA 509.94 HIS] <http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9890810001.htm>.

Butcher, BW, 'Darwinism, Social Darwinism and the Australian Aborigines: A Revaluation', In Roy MacLeod and Philip F. Rehbock ed. Darwin's Laboratory: Evolutionary Theory and Natural History in the Pacific, (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994), pp.371-394.

Butcher, BW, 'Darwin's Australian Correspondents: Defence and Collaboration in Colonial Science', In Roy MacLeod and Philip F. Rehbock ed. Nature in its Greatest Extent: Western Science in the Pacific, (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1988), pp.139-158.

Butcher, BW,Darwinism and Australia 1836-1914, (Parkville, Vic. : University of Melbourne, 1992) , 1 microfilm reel. pp.

Cannon, J, 'Beagle Friends were Shipmates for Life', National Library of Australia News v.15 (6), Mar 2005, pp.18-21. <http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2005/mar05/article5.html>.

Chambers, P, 'The Origin of Harriet', New Scientist v.183 (2464), 2004, pp.38-41.
      Paul Chambers investigated the origin of world's oldest known living animal Harriet, a giant Galapagos tortoise living in the Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland. The 173-year-old tortoise is thought to have been picked up from one of the Galapagos Islands by Charles Darwin. Chambers went through Darwin's personal papers and also studied some obscure genetic research on Harriet to know her origin. The research carried out at Texas A&M University identified the tortoise as Geochelone nigra porteri, the subspecies that comes exclusively from Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos. But there is not enough evidence that Harriet is one of the tortoises collected by Darwin.

Daley, C, 'Charles Darwin in Australia', Victorian Historical Magazine v.17 1938, pp.64-70.

Darlington, CD, Darwin's Place in History, (Oxford: B. Blackwell, 1959) , 101 pp.[NMA RIDE 575.0162 DAR].

Darwin, C, TH Huxley and De Beer, Gavin Sir, Autobiographies, (London: Oxford University Press, 1974) , 123 [6] leaves of plates : pp.[NMA RIDE 508.0922 AUT].

Darwin, C, The 'Beagle' Letters (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008) , 470p. [NMA 508.924 DAR]

Darwin, C, and RD Keynes, Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary, (Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University Press, 1988) , 464 pp.

Charles Darwin's Zoology Notes & Specimen Lists from H.M.S. Beagle, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000) , 430 pp.

Dempster, WJ, The Illustrious Hunter and the Darwins, (Lewes, East Sussex : Book Guild Publishing, 2005) , 198 pp.[NMA 576.82 DEM].

Di Gregorio, MA, 'The Uniqueness of Charles Darwin: His Reading of W. S. Macleay's Horae Entomologicae', Historical Records of Australian Science v.11 (2), 1996, pp.103-117.[NMA 509.94 HIS] <http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;res=APAFT;dn=970707681>.

Durant, J, Darwinism and Divinity : Essays on Evolution and Religious Belief, (Oxford, UK: B. Blackwell, 1985) , 210 pp.[NMA RIDE 231.7652 DAR].

Fishburn, G, 'Natura Non Facit Saltum in Alfred Marshall (and Charles Darwin)', History of Economics Review(40), Summer 2004, pp.59-68. <http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;res=APAFT;dn=200502701>.

Flett, WS, The Claims of Darwinism Rationally and Scientifically Considered in the Fight of Darwin's Life and Letters : Being a Lecture Delivered in Melbourne, 26 July 1858 , (Melbourne & Sydney : George Robertson & Co., 1883) , 220 x 140 Pp.

Garber, J, 'Darwin's Correspondents in the Pacific: Through the Looking Glass to the Antipodes', In Roy MacLeod and Philip F. Rehbock ed. Darwin's Laboratory: Evolutionary Theory and Natural History in the Pacific, (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994), pp.169-211.

George, WB, Darwin , ([London] : Fontana, 1982) , 160 pp.

Gould, SJ, Ever since Darwin : Reflections in Natural History, (New York: Norton, 1977) , 285 pp.[NMA RIDE 576.82 GOU].

Groves, CP, 'The Origin of Human Species: What we have Learned about Human Evolution in the 130 Years since 'on the Origin of Species'. -by Charles Darwin', Medical Journal of Australia v.151 (11-12), 4-18 December 1989, pp.677-680,683-688.

Herbert, S, Charles Darwin, Geologist, (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2005) , 485 pp.[NMA 551.092 HER]
In her account of Charles Darwin's intellectual development, Sandra Herbert focuses on geological training, research, and thought, asking both how geology influenced Darwin and how Darwin influenced the science. Elegantly written, extensively illustrated, and informed by the author's prodigious research in Darwin's papers and in the nineteenth-century history of earth sciences, Charles Darwin, Geologist provides a fresh perspective on the life and accomplishments of this exemplary thinker.--BOOK JACKET.

Huxley, J, and HBD Kettlewell, Charles Darwin and His World, (London: Book Club Associates, 1974) , 144 pp.[NMA RIDE 576.82092 HUX].

Huxley, TH, Darwiniana : Essays, (London: Macmillan, 1899) , 475 pp.

Johnson, PE, Darwin on Trial, (Crowborough: Monarch, 1994) , 195 pp.

Keynes, RD, Fossils, Finches and Fuegians : Charles Darwin's Adventures and Discoveries on the Beagle, 1832-1836, (London: HarperCollins, 2002) , 427pp. [12] p. of plates, [NMA 508.092 KEY].

Laurent, J, and M Campbell, The Eye of Reason, Charles Darwin in Australasia, (North Wollongong, N.S.W.: University of Wollongong Press, 1987) , 88 pp.[NMA 508.99 LAU].

Laurent, J and M Campbell, 'Charles Darwin in Australia. -', This Australia v.5 (3), Winter 1986, pp.44-46.
      Darwin's observations of Australian fauna and flora were an important influence on his theory of evolution[NMA S994 THI]

Lea, A, 'On some Australian Coleoptera Collected by Charles Darwin during the Voyage of the" Beagle"', Transactions of the Entomological Society of London v.74 (2), 1926, pp.279-288.

Leeper, GW and Royal Society of Victoria, The Evolution of Living Organisms : A Symposium to Mark the Centenary of Darwin's 'Origin of Species' and of the Royal Society of Victoria Held in Melbourne, December 1959, (Parkville, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1962) , 459 pp.

Lucas, A. H. S, 'Charles Darwin on Australia', Victorian Naturalist v.2 1885, pp.20-24.

MacLeod, RM and PF Rehbock , 'Darwin's Laboratory : Evolutionary Theory and Natural History in the Pacific ', Anonymous (Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 1994), 540 pp.

Marshall, J, Darwin and Huxley in Australia, (Sydney: Hodder and Stoughton, 1970) , 142 pp.[NMA 570.922 MAR].

Masters, J, 'Coral a Pointer to Man's Folly', Waikato Times, June 9 2007, p. E.5. <http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1287571981&Fmt=7&clientId=65345&RQT=309&VName=PQD>
      [Steve Jones] is a geneticist and prize-winning author. Eight years ago he brilliantly updated Charles Darwin's evolutionary masterwork, On the Origin of Species, in a book called Almost Like A Whale. In Coral, Jones piggbybacks on Darwin's first scientific work, the dauntingly titled The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, to explore ecology, evolution, genetics, geology, natural disasters and climate change. Coral reefs are mountains of stone created by tiny animals. The reefs have been described as the "rainforests of the seas", home to more species than anywhere else. They are also a sink for carbon dioxide, a key gas in global warming.

McCann, AL, 'The Literature of Extinction [Essay. Identifies some Disturbing Continuities in Colonial and Postcolonial Imaginings of Indigenous Fates. Paper in: Indigenous Australia. Minter, Peter (Ed.).]', Meanjin (Melbourne) v.65 (1), 2006,pp.48-54. <http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;res=APAFT;dn=200604973>

McDonald, R, Mr Darwin's Shooter, (Milsons Point, N.S.W.: Vintage, 1999) , 365 pp.[NMA EDWARDS 823.3 MCD].

Moore, R, Charles Darwin, (London [England]: Hutchinson, 1957) , 207 pp.[NMA RIDE 576.82092 MOO].

Moorehead, A, Darwin and the Beagle, (New York,: Harper & Row, 1969) , 280 pp.[NMA 910.4 MOO].

'Natural Selection is the Designer', Dominion Post, June 23 2007, p. B.4. <http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1294382701&Fmt=7&clientId=65345&RQT=309&VName=PQD>
Though Darwin was critical of Christianity, he was open to the possibility that there is a god. He essentially described himself as agnostic and found a non-personal deistic god more appealing and logical than the personal creator god like that in Christianity.

Nicholas, FW and JM Nicholas, Charles Darwin in Australia, (Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1989) , 175 pp.[NMA 919.4042 NIC].

Charles Darwin in Australia : With Illustrations and Additional Commentary from Other Members of the Beagle's Company Including Conrad Martens, Augustus Earle, Captain FitzRoy, Philip Gidley King, and Syms Covington, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002) , 214pp. [16] p. of plates[NMA 919.4042 NIC].

Numbers, RL and J Stenhouse , Disseminating Darwinism : The Role of Place, Race, Religion, and Gender, (Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999) , 300 pp.
      A collection of original essays which focuses on the ways in which geography, gender, race, and religion influenced the reception of Darwinism in the English-speaking world of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Ruse, M, The Darwinian Revolution : Science Red in Tooth and Claw, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979) [NMA 575.016 RUS SHELVES].

Shine, R and M Hutchinson, 'Charles Darwin in Tasmania', Australian Natural History v.23 (10), Spring 1991, pp.794-801.

Stanbury, PJ, 'Darwin's Journey in New South Wales', Australian Natural History v.16 (11), 1970, pp.371-374.

Stoddard, DR, 'Darwin, Jukes and Theory of Reef Development in Australia in the Nineteenth Century', Abstracts of the Geological Society of America v.17 1985, pp.73343.

Stone, I, The Origin : A Biographical Novel of Charles Darwin, (London : Cassell, 1980) , 743 pp.

Wheeler, Alwyne and Price, James H., from Linnaeus to Darwin: Commentaries on the History of Biology and Geology. Papers from the Fifth Easter Meeting of the Society for the History of Natural History 28-31 March, 1983, 'Natural History in the Early Nineteenth Century', (London: Society for the History of Natural History, 1985) .

Whitley, GP, 'Charles Darwin in Australia', The Australian Museum Magazine v.13 1959, pp.120-121.

York, B, 'Charles Darwin in Australia: A Sesquicentenary', Australian Rationalist 1990, pp.27-29.

WEB LINKS FOR INFORMATION ON CHARLES DARWIN

Charles Robert Darwin 1809-1882 Biographical entry K. A. Townley, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 286-287. [accessed September 2007]

Darwin Online [accessed September 2007] Perhaps no one has influenced our knowledge of life on Earth as much as Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882). His theory of evolution by natural selection, now the unifying theory of the life sciences, explained where all of the astonishingly diverse kinds of living things came from and how they became exquisitely adapted to their particular environments. His theory reconciled a host of diverse kinds of evidence such as the succession of fossil forms in the geological record, the geographical distribution of species, recapitulative appearances in embryology, homologous structures, vestigial organs and nesting taxonomic relationships. In further works Darwin demonstrated that the difference between humans and other animals is one of degree not kind. In geology, zoology, taxonomy, botany, palaeontology, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, literature and theology Darwin's writings produced profound reactions, many of which are still ongoing. Yet even without his evolutionary works, Darwin's accomplishments would be difficult to match. His brilliantly original work in geology, botany, biogeography, invertebrate zoology, psychology and scientific travel writing would still make him one of the most original and influential workers in the history of science. Darwin's writings are consequently of interest to an extremely wide variety of readers. This website is the largest collection of writings by and about Darwin ever published. It contains Darwin's complete publications, hundreds of handwritten manuscripts and the largest Darwin bibliography and manuscript catalogue. Finding aid to the Charles Darwin Manscript collection in University of Cambridge Library Searchable Index to Darwin's correspondence

Victorian Science: An Overview Science in the Victorian age, including Darwin [accessed September 2007]

WWW.aboutdarwin.com Dedicated to the life and times of Charles Darwin. Includes an illustrated account of his voyage on the HMS Beagle, a timeline, and information on his daily life.[accessed September 2007]

WWW.darwinfoundation.org Devoted to conservation of Galapogos environment and biodiversity [accessed September 2007]

Life and Death of Charles R. Darwin Lengthy paper on Darwin's research; by Dr. Charles Urbanowicz. [accessed September 2007]

Obituary of Charles Darwin From the New York Times 1882[accessed September 2007]

BBC news item about possible finding The Beagle [accessed September 2007]

Online exhibitions

Exhibition on Darwin held American Museum of Natural History [accessed September 2007]

Charles Darwin and Darwiniana Online exhibit of items in the C. Warren Irvin, Jr., collection. [accessed September 2007]

Online full text books

Origin of the species by Darwin [accessed September 2007]

Online literature library

• The Voyage of the Beagle
• The Origin of Species
• The Origin of Species - 6th Edition
• The Descent of Man

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Conrad Martens sketch books [accessed September 2007]

Journal of Syms Covington - From Charles Darwin's assistant on the second voyage of the HMS Beagle.[accessed September 2007]

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin Project Gutenberg [accessed September 2007]

Darwin bibliography Comprehensive list of writings from various sources[accessed September 2007]