Person

Weindorfer, Gustav (1874 - 1932)

Born
23 February 1874
Spittal an der Drau, Kärnten, Austria
Died
5 May 1932
Cradle Valley, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation
Botanist

Summary

Gustav Weindorfer arrived in Australia in 1900 and established himself in Melbourne. He became an enthusiastic member of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria and was fascinated with native vegetation. He later moved to Tasmania and settled in the Cradle Mountain area.

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Archival resources

Archives Office of Tasmania

  • Gustav Weindorfer - Records, 1899 - 1932, NS 703; Archives Office of Tasmania. Details

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

  • Gustav Weindorfer - Records, 1895 - 1931, A3800-1; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • Gustav Weindorfer - Records, 1954, B1648; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Community History Collection

  • Gustav Weindorfer - Records, 1899 - 1932; Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Community History Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Bergman, G. F., Gustav Weindorfer of Cradle Mountain (Launceston: Burchall, 1959). Details
  • Giordano, Margaret, A man and a mountain : the story of Gustav Weindorfer (Launceston, Tas.: Regal Publications, 1987), 123 pp. Details
  • Legge, Kate, Kindred: a Cradle Mountain love story (Carlton, Vic.: Miegunyah Press, 2019), 247 pp. Details
  • Schnackenberg, Sally, Kate Weindorfer : the woman behind the man and the mountain : a biography of Kate Julia Weindorfer wife of Cradle Mountain pioneer Gustav Weindorfer (Launceston, Tas.: Regal Publications, 1995), 69 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Tilley, Raymond F., 'Weindorfer, Gustav (1874-1932)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 436-437. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120486b.htm. Details
  • Weindorfer, Gustav, 'The Flora of Victoria' in Victorian Year-Book, 1904, vol. 25 (Melbourne, Vic.: The Government Statist, 1904), pp. 19-25. Details

Journal Articles

  • Sutton, C. S., 'Gustav Weindorfer', The Victorian naturalist, 49 (1932), 34-8. Details
  • Weindorfer, G., 'Some Comparison of the Alpine Flora of Australia and Europe', The Victorian naturalist, 20 (1903), 64-70. Details
  • Weindorfer, G., 'A botanical trip to the Grampians', The Victorian naturalist, 22 (1905), 45-50. Details
  • Weindorfer, G., 'Two botanists in the Cradle Mountains, Tasmania', The Victorian naturalist, 28 (1912), 216-23. Details

Resources

See also

McCarthy, G.J.

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