Gunn, Ronald Campbell, 1808-1881
Botanist, public servant and politician. Gunn arrived in Hobart in 1830. He worked first at Launceston as Assistant Superintendent of Convicts, and later as a police magistrate and secretary to Sir John Franklin. In 1855 he was elected first to the Legislative Council and finally to the House of Assembly, from which he retired in 1860. He became a plant collector for W. J. Hooker of Glasgow. See ADB v.1: 492-3.
From the description of Letters and monograph [manuscript]. 1813-1840. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225841181
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