Papers [manuscript]. 1824-1920.

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Papers [manuscript]. 1824-1920.

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1. Correspondence, 1824-1880, being mainly letters received by William Sharp Macleay, Sir William John Macleay, Joseph James Fletcher and Allan Cunningham. 2. Pictorial material, 1820-c.1890s. Includes: coloured plates, drawings and engravings of flora and fauna; and three photographs of Sir William John Macleay. 3. Miscellaneous material, 1840-1920. Includes lists of species, papers relating to the Linnean Society of NSW, press cuttings and notes on fauna.

36 cm. (2 boxes).

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Macleay family.

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Sir William John Macleay (1820-1891), politician, patron of science and pastoralist, was a member of the New South Wales Parliament from 1855 until his death. He was a founding member of the Entomological Society of NSW and first president of the Linnean Society of NSW. William Sharp MAcleay (1792-1865), the cousin of William John Macleay, was a naturalist and Fellow of The Royal Society who arrived in Sydney in 1839. From the description of Papers [manuscrip...

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Fletcher, J. J. (Joseph James), 1850-1926

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Macleay, William Sharp, 1792-1865

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Macleay, William, Sir, 1820-1891

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Cunningham, Alan, Sir

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Allan Cunningham was a botanist and explorer sent to Australia in 1816. He joined Oxley on expedition to the Lachlan River, and then in 1817, 1820 and 1821 sailed with Phillip Parker King to Western and Northern Australia. In 1823 he found Pandora's Pass in Central N.S.W. and 4 years later discovered the Darling Downs and a pass through the Great dividing Range. In 1831 he journeyed to England but returned to Sydney in 1837 where he remained until his death, apart from a visit to New Zealand in ...