Brown, Robert (1773 - 1858)

Books

• Hewson, Helen J., Brunonia Australis: Robert Brown and his Contribution to the Botany of Victoria, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Canberra, 2002, 51 pp. [ Details ]

• Mabberley, D. J., Jupiter Botanicus: Robert Brown of the British Museum, Verlag von J. Cramer, Braunschweig, 1985, 500 pp. [ Details ]

• Vallance, T. G., Moore, D.T. and Groves, E. W., Nature's Investigator: the Diary of Robert Brown in Australia, 1801-1805, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2001, 666 pp. [ Details ]

Book Chapters

• Burbidge, N. T., 'Brown, Robert (1773-1858), botanist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966, pp. 166-167. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010149b.htm) [ Details ]

• Mabberley, D. J., 'Robert Brown, 1773-1858', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. [ Details ]

Conference Papers

• Grandison, R., 'Retracing the Route Taken by Robert Brown and Company in a Portion of the Flinders Ranges, South Australia', in Short, P.S. (ed.), History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988, Australian Systematic Botany Society, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 105-108. [ Details ]

Journal Articles

• Benson, Douglas; Howell, Jocelyn, 'In the Footsteps of Robert Brown', Australian Garden History, vol. 14, no. 3, 2002, pp. 11-14. [ Details ]

• Blake, S. T., 'Some Pioneers in Plant Exploration Classification', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of Queensland, vol. lxvi, no. 1, 1954, pp. 1-19. [ Details ]

• Burbridge, Nancy, 'Robert Brown's Australian Collecting Localities', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. lxxx, 1955, pp. 229-233. [ Details ]

• Giblin, R.W., 'Flinders, Baudin and Brown at Encounter Bay', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1929, pp. 1-6. [ Details ]

• Giblin, R.W., 'Robert Brown at Port Dalrymple', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1929, pp. 25-32. [ Details ]

• Grandison, Ralph, 'The Overland Route and Collecting Localities of the Robert Brown Party to Mt Brown 10^th and 11^th March 1802', South Australian Geographical Journal, vol. 99, 2000, pp. 23-35. [ Details ]

• Hurburgh, Marcus, 'Robert Brown: Botanist [1773-1858]', Tasmanian Tramp, vol. 24, 1982, pp. 35-38. [ Details ]

• Kantvilas, G., 'A Brief History of Lichenology in Tasmania, Australia', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, vol. 117, 1983, pp. 41-52. [ Details ]

• Keighery, Greg and Gibson, Neil, 'The Influence of Robert Brown on Western Australian Botany', Australian Garden History, vol. 14, no. 3, 2002, pp. 5-8. [ Details ]

• Kellermann, Jurgën, 'Robert Brown's Contribution to Rhamnaceae Systematics', Telopea, vol. 10, no. 2, 2004, pp. 515-524. [ Details ]

• Kennedy, K., 'Botanists in Australia: Robert Brown', Townsville Naturalist, vol. 4, 1963, pp. 5-8. [ Details ]

• Maiden, J.H., 'Robert Brown, the Botanist.', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. ii, 1907, pp. 87-89. [ Details ]

• Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Australian Botanists - (a) General, (b) New South Wales', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. xlii, 1908, pp. 60-132. [ Details ]

• Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Tasmanian Botanists', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1909, pp. 9-29. [ Details ]

• Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Queensland Botanists', Australasian Association for Advancement of Science, vol. xii, 1909, pp. 373-383. [ Details ]

• Moore, D.T. and Beasley, M.A., 'The Botanical Manuscripts of Robert Brown', Archives of Natural History, vol. 24, no. 2, 1997, pp. 237-280. [ Details ]

• Osborn, T. G. B., 'Robert Brown (1773-1858).', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 21, 1958, pp. 127-130. [ Details ]

• Salkin, A. I., 'Short History of the Discovery and Naming of Banksias in Eastern Australia: Part 4, The Abbe Antonia Jose Cavanilles, Robert Brown and Franz W. Sieber', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 98, no. 5, 1981, pp. 191-194. [ Details ]

• Webb, Joan B., 'George Caley - Robert Brown's Collecting Partner', Australian Garden History, vol. 14, no. 3, 2002, pp. 15-16. [ Details ]

• Willis, J. H., 'Robert Brown's Collectings in Victoria', Muelleria, vol. 1, 1956, pp. 51-54. [ Details ]

• Willis, J.H., 'Botanical Pioneers in Victoria', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 66, 1949, pp. 83-89; 103-109; 123-107. [ Details ]