Person

Paterson, William (1755 - 1810)

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Born
17 August 1755
Scotland
Died
21 June 1810
at sea
Occupation
Explorer and Naturalist

Summary

William Paterson, soldier and Lieut-Governor of New South Wales, was an amateur naturalist who collected botanical, geological and insect specimens for Joseph Banks in Britain. He made several inland expeditions in Eastern Australia.

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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

  • New South Wales Colonial Secretary's Office - Records, 1799 - c. 1930, ML MSS 681; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • William Paterson - Records, 1794 - 1806, FM 4/2700; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Joseph Banks - Records, 1745 - 1820, MS 9; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Fletcher, Brian H., 'William Paterson, 1755-1810' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). Details
  • MacMillan, David S., 'Paterson, William (1755-1810), soldier, explorer and lieutenant-governor' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), pp. 317-319. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/paterson-william-2541. Details

Journal Articles

  • Smith, Nan, 'William Paterson: amateur colonial botanist, 1755 - 1810', Australian garden history, 17 (1) (2005), 8-10. Details

Resources

See also

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 August 2006

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