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. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/landsborough-william-3984. 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

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