Person

Wardle, Henry Thomas (1857 - 1927)

Born: 1 January 1857
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Died: 31 December 1927
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Businessman and Timber merchant

Summary

Henry Thomas Wardle was a timber merchant from Ballarat who collected wood samples from around the world and donated them to the Ballarat School of Mines Museum. It was later transferred to the Victorian School of Forestry. The estimated size of the collection is between 1,200-1,500 specimens.

Related Corporate Bodies

Victorian School of Forestry (1910 - 1973)
Wardle's collection of wood samples was transferred to the School from the Ballarat School of Mines

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details

Resources

'H. T. Wardle Wood Specimen Collection', Research Data Australia, Australian National Data Service, 2009, http://researchdata.ands.org.au/h-t-wardle-wood-specimen-collection. Details
'Wardle, Henry Thomas (1857-19271231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1508883. Details

Teaching resources

Wardle, Henry Thomas, H. T. Wardle Wood Specimen Collection (). Details

Christine Moje

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