Person
Shoobridge, Louis Manton (1851 - 1939)
- Born
- 25 October 1851
New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia - Died
- 12 March 1939
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - Occupation
- Agriculturalist and Naturalist
Summary
Louis Shoobridge joined the family fruit-growing enterprise and was credited with experimenting on over 500 apple varieties. He selected and preserved land around the Russell Falls which was eventually incorporated into the Mt Field National Park in 1917.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Chapman, Peter, 'Shoobridge, William Ebenezer (1846-1940), politician, agriculturalist and industrial innovator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 601-603. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110616b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6688178. Details
- 'Shoobridge, Louis Manton (1851-1939)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466309. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 5 March 2018
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