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5 Queensland scientists who you've (probably) never heard of
By JOL Admin | 20 August 2015
5. Botantist - Frederick Manson Bailey (1827-1915)
Botanist Frederick Manson Bailey. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 160401
- 'Bailey, Frederick Manson (1827–1915)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 1969, accessed online 20 August 2015)
Image taken from 'Queensland flora' by Frederick Manson Bailey
Image taken from 'Queensland flora' by Frederick Manson Bailey
Further reading:
- The Bailey family and its place in the botanical history of Australia. Paper by C.T.White, Government Botantist, 1944
- Frederick Manson Bailey's publications held by State Library of Queensland
4. Naturalist & Botanical artist - Estelle Thomson (1894-1953)
Estelle Thomson, ca.1918. University of Queensland collection. Image UQ:179673
- 'Thomson, Estelle (1894-1953)'. Australian National Herbarium)
'Crotalaria' taken from Estelle Thomson's hand-painted glass slides. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Clement Wragge ca. 1901. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image 161210
- 'Wragge, Clement Lindley (1852–1922)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 18 August 2015.)
Further reading:
- 'Inclement Wragge - Pioneer weather forecaster'. John Oxley Library Blog
Cartoon of the meteorologist Clement Wragge. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 69463
Freda Bage in academic dress 1949. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image 191982
- 'Bage, Anna Frederika (Freda) (1883–1970)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 1979, accessed online 20 August 2015).
- 'Freda Bage took for granted a woman's right to be heard. She shaped destiny of our women's college'. The Courier-Mail, 1 Oct 1949.
Students and principal of Women's College, Brisbane, 1928. Freda Bage, principal of Women's College, is seated in the centre of the front row. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 204212 .
Portrait of Doctor A. Jefferis Turner. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 186792
- 'Turner, Alfred Jefferis (1861–1947)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 18 August 2015)
Further reading:
- Thearle, M. John (Michael John) (1988). Dr Alfred Jefferis Turner, 1861-1947 : his contribution to medicine in Queensland, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland.
Doctor Alfred Jefferis Turner in the Bunya Mountains 1925. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 172645
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