Person
Carron, William (1821 - 1876)
- Born
- 18 December 1821
Pulham, Norfolk, England - Died
- 25 February 1876
New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Botanist and Forester
Summary
William Carron was botanist to the expedition to Cape York under Edmund Kennedy in 1848, William Carron was also a collector for the Sydney Botanic Gardens 1866-1875 and collected information on forest reserves for the New South Wales Lands Department.
Details
Born Pulham, Norfolk, England, 18 December 1821. Died Grafton, 25 February 1876. Gardener in England; arrived Sydney 1844 in charge of plants for Alexander McLeay's garden; Thomas Shepherd's Darling nursery 1844-48; botanist to Edmund Kennedy's expedition to Cape York 1848; clerk, Department of the Superintendent of Convicts 1848-53; locker, Customs Department 1853-54; visited England 1854-55; locker-in-charge, Lamb's warehouse 1855-66; collector for the Sydney Botanic Gardens 1866-75; reported on twenty forest reserves in northern New South Wales 1872; inspector of forests and forestry ranger, Clarence district 1876. Several plants were named after him.
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- William Carron - Records, 1865 - 1867, A6991; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- William Carron - Records, c. 1870 - 1871, C351-2; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- William Carron - Records, 1875 - 1876, B1426; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Books
- Carron, Wm, Narative of an expedition: undertaken under the direction of the late Mr Assistant Surveyor E. B. Kennedy, for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and CapeYork (Sydney: Kemp and Fairfax, printer, 1849), 97 [ie 125] pp. Details
- MacGillivray, John, Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake: commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S., etc., during the years 1846 - 1850, including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the Louisade Archipelago, etc., to which is added the account of Mr E. B. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the cape York Peninsula, 2 vols (London: T. & W. Boone, 1852). Details
Book Sections
- Gilbert, L. A., 'Carron, William (1821-1876), botanist and explorer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1969), pp. 360-361. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030336b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Gilbert, Lionel A., 'William Carron, Botanist and Explorer, 1821-1876', Royal Australian Historical Society, xlvii (5) (1961), 292-311. Details
Resources
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/91288109. Details
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24002874. Details
- 'Carron, William (1823-1876)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-459019. Details
See also
- Maiden, J. H., 'Records of Australian botanists:- (a) general; (b) New South Wales', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, 42 (1908), 60-132. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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