Person
McLennan, William Rae (1882 - 1935)
- Born
- 20 August 1882
Sanford, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 22 September 1935
- Occupation
- Natural history collector and Ornithologist
Summary
William McLennan spent many years as an ornithological collector in northern Australia.
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Born Sanford, Victoria, 20 August 1882. Died Casterton, Victoria, 22 September 1935. Learnt to skin birds, label, make field-notes, etc. from E.A. D'Ombrain (q.v.) in Casterton; blacksmith's shop, Casterton; moved to Broken Hill 1906, where he did local field-work for W.D.K. MacGillivray (q.v.); collecting for MacGillivray, Cape York Peninsula 1909-15, joined on occasion by MacGillivray and his son Ian MacGillivray (q.v.); collecting for H.L. White (q.v.), Gulf of Carpentaria 1915-16; war service 1916-18; collecting for H.L. White 1919-20, 1921-22; prospecting for gold from 1922 until his health deteriorated, probably as a result of being gassed during the war. G.M. Mathews (q.v.) named the genus Maclennania after him in 1917.
Published resources
Resources
- 'McLennan, William Rae (1882-1935)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476027. Details
See also
- Robin, Libby, The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001), 492 pp. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 22 March 2001, Last modified: 9 March 2018
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