Person

Clarkson, Barnard Drummond (1836 - 1909)

Born
11 December 1836
near York, Western Australia, Australia
Died
March 1909
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Botanical collector and Parliamentarian

Summary

Barnard Clarkson held a number of public offices in Western Australia, particularly in his home town of Toodyay and as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. In 1864 he and Charles Harper explored in the Yilgarn district seeking suitable pastoral land with good soil and water resources. Plant specimens collected during this expedition were sent to Ferdinand Mueller, Victorian Government Botanist, and are now in the National Herbarium of Victoria.

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Chronology

1864
Career event - Expedition with Charles Harper seeking pastoral land
1867
Career event - Appointed Justice of the Peace for Western Australia
1890 - 1897
Career position - Member for Toodyay, Western Australian Legislative Assembly
1901 - 1904
Career position - Chairman, Toodyay Road Board

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Books

  • Brooker, Lesley, Explorers routes revisited: Clarkson Expedition 1864 (Kalamunda (W.A.); Carlisle (W.A.): Lesley Brooker; Hesperian Press, 2012), 130 pp. Details
  • Brooker, Leslie, Expedition Eastwards from Northam by the Dempster Brothers, Clarkson, Harper and Correll, July-August 1861 (Carlisle: Hesperian Press, 2007), 87 pp. Details

See also

  • Milne, Pina, 'Retracing history through herbarium specimens', Studies in Western Australian history, 35 (2020), 75-87. Details

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