Person

Watkins, George (1848 - 1916)

Born
November 1848
Hereford, United Kingdom
Died
12 July 1916
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Pharmacist and Naturalist

Summary

George Watkins was a pharmacist who, having arrived in Queensland in 1867, obtained a post as dispenser and assistant superintendent at the Benevolent Asylum, Dunich, on Stradbroke Island. During the time he spent on the Island he made a study of the indigenous people, and collected specimens of the local fauna and fauna. The plant specimens he sent to Frederick Bailey for identification. Having become registered as a pharmacist, he established his own business in central Brisbane. Watkins was a keen member of the Royal Society of Queensland, and particularly active in the Society's Field Naturalists' Section. His publications including a paper on the Aboriginal people of Stradbroke and the Moreton Islands and at least one article for The Chemist and Druggist of Australasia.

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Chronology

1867
Life event - Migrated to Australia (Brisbane)
c. 1867 - c. 1886
Career position - Dispenser at the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum
1884
Career position - Foundation Member, Royal Society of Queensland
1886
Career position - Foundation Member, Field Naturalists' Section, Royal Society of Queensland
c. 1886
Career event - Established a pharmacy business in Queen St, Brisbane
1894 - 1912
Career position - President, Pharmacy Board for nine periods

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details

Journal Articles

  • Gynther, M. and Goadby, G., 'George Watkins (1848 - 1916)', Queensland naturalist, 44 (1/3) (2006), 67. Details
  • Watkins, G., 'Notes on the Aboriginals of Stradbroke Island and Moreton Islands', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 8 (1891), 40-50. Details
  • Watkins, George, 'Notes on the Proposed Colonial Addendum (to the British Pharmacopoeia)', The Chemist and Druggist of Australasia, 14 (1899), 65-67. Details

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See also

Annette Alafaci and Helen Cohn

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