Person

Bray, James Samuel (1840 - 1918)

Born: 1840
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 1 April 1918
Occupation: Naturalist and Museum curator

Summary

James Bray was museum curator at St John's College, University of Sydney and published articles on natural history in the "Sydney Morning Herald". He was later proprietor of Bray's Museum of Curios, Queens Place, Sydney.

Details

Born Sydney, 1840. Died Sydney, 1 April 1918. Chief correspondence clerk, New South Wales Telegraph Department 8 years; secretary and actuary, International Life Association; museum curator, St John's College, University of Sydney; published articles on wild life in the "Sydney Morning Herald"; proprietor, Bray's Museum of Curios, Queen's Place.

Related Corporate Bodies

The University of Sydney (1850 - )
James Bray was the Museum Curator at St John's College, The University of Sydney.

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

James Samuel Bray - Records, A194; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
James Samuel Bray - Records, 1832 - 1843, A186; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
James Samuel Bray - Records, 1888 - 1889, A184; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
James Samuel Bray - Records, 1874 - 1877, A199; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
James Samuel Bray - Records, A187-A194; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
James Samuel Bray - Records, 1893, A195; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Books

Thomas, Martin, Clever men: how worlds collided on the scientific expedition to Arnhem Land of 1948 (Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 2025), 452 pp. Details

Resources

'Bray, James Samuel (1840-1918)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475704. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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