| ISBN |
9780648222231 |
| Author |
Henderson, M. Helen, 1934- (author.) |
| Title |
A greater prize than gold : Augustus Oldfield, 19th century botanical collector and ethnographer in Australia / M. Helen and William G. (Bill) Henderson. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Western Australia : The Book Reality Experience, 2018. |
| ©2018. |
| Description |
xxx, 520 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-473) and index. |
| Summary |
The biography of Augustus Oldfield, 19th-century botanical collector and ethnographer in Australia. Augustus Oldfield trekked throughout Australia from 1845 to 1862 amassing plant specimens that would be used to describe over 700 species new to science, including twenty-one that would ultimately bear his name. He collected extensively in Western Australia, Tasmania and conducted smaller, yet still relevant, expeditions in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. In Western Australia he trekked from the Great Bight to Shark Bay and made important collections in areas including Albany, Busselton, Bunbury, Kojonup, Perth and north of Geraldton for the National Herbarium of Victoria and the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London. Yet, despite these achievements, the published historiography is virtually devoid of information about him, mainly due to him being an outsider to the ranks of the era's 'Gentlemen naturalists'. |
| Subjects |
Oldfield, Augustus, -- 1821-1887 |
| Plant collectors -- Great Britain -- Biography |
| Ethnologists -- Great Britain -- Biography |
| Plant collecting -- Australia -- History -- 19th century |
| Ethnology -- Australia -- History -- 19th century |
| Watjanti people (W13) (WA SG50-13) |
| Amangu people (W12) (WA SH50-01) |
| Yinggarda people (W19) (WA SF50-13) |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- History -- 19th century |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs |
| Ethnology -- Australia -- Biography |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Languages |
| Naturalists -- Australia -- Biography |
| Australia -- Discovery and exploration |
| Western Australia -- Discovery and exploration |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Henderson, William G., 1928- (author.) |
| Call number |
2018.552 |
