Person

Keartland, George Arthur (1848 - 1926)

Born
11 June 1848
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England
Died
21 May 1926
Preston, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Naturalist and Ornithologist

Summary

George Keartland was a naturalist with a keen interest in ornithology. His two main field trips were in 1894 from South Australia to the Northern Territory and in 1896 to north-west Australia. Keartland complied many outstanding collections during his trips and these are now housed across Australia and at the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh. He also wrote many articles and notes on birds, many of which were printed in the Victorian Naturalist. Keartland Hills in Western Australia and the bird Keartland's (Grey headed) Honeyeater are named after him. Keartland worked as a photographer and compositor for Melbourne's Age newspaper for over fifty years to support his naturalist studies.

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Chronology

1850
Life event - Migrated to Australia (Melbourne) with family
1871 -
Career position - Member of the Melbourne Typographical Society
May 1894 - August 1894
Career position - Ornithologist, Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition
1896
Career position - Field Ornithologist on the Calvert expedition to north-west Australia
1900
Career position - Co-founder of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union
1907 - 1909
Career position - President, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria

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Book Sections

  • McEvey, Allan, 'Keartland, George Arthur (1848-1926), naturalist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 540-541. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090539b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • North, Alfred J.; Keartland, G. A., 'List of birds collected by the Calvert Exploring Expedition in Western Australia', Transactions and proceedings and report of the Royal Society of South Australia, 22 (1898), 125-192. Details

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See also

  • Hill, J. G. ed., The Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition (London: George Philip & Son, 1905), 44 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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