Person

Wallis, Alexander Robert (1848 - 1928)

Born
1848
Ghazipur, India
Died
15 May 1928
Dunedin, New Zealand
Occupation
Agricultural scientist

Summary

Alexander Robert Wallis trained at Cirencester Agricultural College in England. Following the publication of several articles he wrote describing this training the Victorian government set up an experimental farm and then an agricultural college (1886) at Dookie in north-eastern Victoria.

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Book Sections

  • Wright, R., 'Wallis, Alexander Robert (1848-1928)' in Australian dictionary of biography: supplement 1580 - 1980, with a name index to the Australian dictionary of biography to 1980, Christopher Cunneen, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2005), pp. 396-397. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10478b.htm. Details

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Rosanne Walker

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