Person
Landsborough, William (1825 - 1886)
- Born
- 21 February 1825
Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland - Died
- 16 March 1886
Caloundra, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Explorer
Summary
William Landsborough, born in Scotland, explored Australia between 1859 and 1869. He died at Caloundra in Queensland.
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland
- William Landsborough - Records, 1856 - 1886, OM69-17; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
- William Landsborough - Records, 1861 - 1884, OM69-30; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
- William Landsborough - Records, 1865 - 1915, OM72-137; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
- William Landsborough - Records, OM75-101; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
- William Landsborough - Records, OM85-7; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- William Landsborough - Records, 1861 - 1886, B1098, A2612; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Trundle, Gwen, 'Landsborough, William (1825-1886), explorer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 56-58. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050064b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Martin, Richard J., '"Reading" the Leichhardt, Landsborough and Gregory exporer trees in northern Australia', Cultural studies review, 19 (2) (2013), 216-36. Details
- McCourt, James, 'William Landsborough and the Burke and Wills Search Expedition', Queensland History Journal, 21 (2012), 565-74. Details
- Welsby, T., 'William Landsborough - explorer', Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 2 (1930). Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q461169. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/28936084. Details
- 'Landsborough, William (1825-1886)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-635819. Details
See also
- Donovan, Val, 'Exploration and settlement: conflict in Queensland - an overview', Queensland History Journal, 23 (9) (2018), 581-92. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 1 August 2006
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