Published Resources Details
Book
- Title
- Curious Minds: the Discoveries of Australian Naturalists
- Imprint
- National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2012, 213 pp
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780642277541
- Subject
- History of Natural Sciences Biological Sciences
- Format
- Contains
- Image
- Abstract
From a blurb, 2025-04-04: "Curious Minds: The Discoveries of Australian Naturalists looks at the long line of naturalists who have traversed Australia in search of new plants and animals. Identifying and classifying the unfamiliar plants and animals was their biggest challenge-the early ones were frequently wrong but later naturalists were able to build on and learn from previous mistakes. In time, a new breed of homegrown naturalists emerged. This succession of curious minds would help to foster pride in a developing nation, as well an interest in the preservation of natural history. Curious Minds brings to life the stories of the naturalists and settlers who made the unfamiliar familiar and who contributed to developments in natural science. Among the names are Joseph Banks, Charles Darwin, Amalie Dietrich, Ludwig Leichhardt, Ferdinand von Mueller, Ellis Rowan, John Lewin and John and Elizabeth Gould. Beautifully illustrated with images from the collection of the National Library of Australia, the publication is a loving tribute to the courageous and inquisitive men and women who led by example."
- Source
- Cohn 2012
Related entries
People
- Angas, George French (1822 - 1886)
Pages 170-177
- Atkinson, Caroline Louisa Waring (1834 - 1872)
Pages 136-139
- Banks, Joseph (1743 - 1820)
Pages 32-41
- Bauer, Ferdinand Lukas (1760 - 1826)
Pages 48-55
- Bennett, George (1804 - 1893)
Pages 62-67
- Blandowski, Johann Wilhelm Theodor Ludwig von (William) (1822 - 1878)
Pages 102-107
- Brown, Robert (1773 - 1858)
Pages 48-55
- Caldwell, William Hay (1859 - 1941)
Pages 178-187
- Cook, James (1728 - 1779)
Pages 32-41
- Cunningham, Allan (1791 - 1839)
Pages 82-87
- Cunningham, Richard (1793 - 1835)
Pages 82-87
- Dampier, William (1651 - 1715)
Pages 10-15
- Darwin, Charles Robert (1809 - 1882)
Pages 42-47
- de Vlamingh, Willem (1640 - c. 1698)
Pages 16-19
- Dietrich, Koncordie Amalie (1821 - 1891)
Pages 56-60
- Flinders, Matthew (1774 - 1814)
Pages 48-55
- Gilbert, John (1812 - 1845)
Pages 88-93
- Gould, Elizabeth (1804 - 1841)
Pages 164-169
- Gould, John (1804 - 1881)
Pages 164-169
- Home, Roderick Weir (1939 - )
Pages 2-3 Foreword
- Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895)
Pages 74-80
- Krefft, Johann Ludwig Gerard (Gerard) (1830 - 1881)
Pages 108-116
- Labillardière, Jacques-Julien Houtou de (1755 - 1834)
Pages 20-23
- Leichhardt, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (1813 - 1848?)
Pages 88-93
- Lesueur, Charles Alexander (1778 - 1846)
Pages 24-30
- Lewin, John William (1770 - 1819)
Pages 156-163
- MacGillivray, John (1821 - 1867)
Pages 74-80
- Macleay, William Sharp (1792 - 1865)
Pages 146-154
- Meredith, Louisa Ann (1812 - 1895)
pages 124-129
- Mitchell, Thomas Livingstone (1792 - 1855)
Pages 94-103
- Molloy, Georgiana (1805 - 1843)
pages 56-60
- Mueller, Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von (1825 - 1896)
Pages 118-123
- Parkinson, Sydney (1745? - 1771)
Pages 32-41
- Péron, François (1775 - 1810)
Pages 24-30
- Riche, Claude-Antoine-Gaspard (1762 - 1797)
Pages 20-23
- Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848 - 1922)
Pages 140-145
- Scott, Harriet (1830 - 1907)
Pages 130-135
- Scott, Helena (1832 - 1910)
Pages 130-135
- Watling, Thomas (1762 - c. 1814)
Pages 68-73
- White, John (c. 1756 - 1832)
Pages 68-73
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