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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Published resources
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
Reports
- Blackburne, James; Dudley, Henry; Forrest, David C.; Johnson, William Henry; Kenney, James, and Wallis, A.R., Redgum : report of the Secretary for Agriculture on the redgum forests of Gunbower and Barmah (Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1878). http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1878No50.pdf. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21707253. Details
- 'Wallis, Alexander Robert (1848-1928)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469026. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_w.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 7 August 2006
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