Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Orchard, Anthony E. (1946-....)
Orchard, Theresa Ann (1942-....)
Titre(s) : The botanist and the judge [Texte imprimé] : Allan Cunningham in Tasmania 1818-1819 / A. E. Orchard & T. A. Orchard ; botanical interpretation by S. J. Jarman & G. Kantvilas
Publication : Weston Creek : Tony Orchard, copyright 2014
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VI-176 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.
"On Christmas Day, 1818, the tiny naval Cutter 'Mermaid', under the command of Lieutenant
Phillip Parker King, sailed through Sydney Heads en route to Tasmania, where King
intended to survey the newly discovered harbours of Port Davey and Macquarie Harbour.
On board were two passengers, the botanist Allan Cunningham, employed to collect plants
for the King's Garden at Kew, near London, and Justice Barron Field, the recently
appointed Supreme Court Judge of New South Wales, visiting Tasmania for the first
sitting of the Supreme Court in that colony ... [Their] interaction provides an interesting
vignette of life in colonial Australia in the early 1800s, and of the close links
of the colony with the home country. This book describes, from his own journals, Cunningham's
exploration of the vicinity of Hobart, including an ascent of Mount Wellington, and
of Macquarie Harbour, where he was the first to collect scientific specimens of Huon
Pine, among many other plants new to science ..."--Back cover
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Jarman, S. J.. Collaborateur
Kantvilas, Gintaras. Collaborateur
Sujet(s) : Cunningham, Allan (1791-1839)
Field, Barron (1786-1846)
Botanique -- Tasmanie (Australie) -- 19e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
580.92 (23e éd.) = Plantes - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780994150509. - ISBN 0994150504 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46560368v
Notice n° :
FRBNF46560368
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