Chisholm, Alexander Hugh (Alec) (1890 - 1977)

Books

• Chisholm, A. H., The Incredible Year, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1940. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., The Story of Elizabeth Gould, Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1944. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., Strange New World: the Adventures of John Gilbert and Ludwig Leichardt, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1955. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., Ferdinand von Mueller, Great Australians, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1962. [ Details ]

Book Chapters

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Bennett, George (1804-1893), medical practitioner and naturalist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966, pp. 85-86. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010084b.htm) [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Gilbert, John (1810?-1845), naturalist and explorer', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 1, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966, pp. 441-442. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Gilbert, John (1810?-1845)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966, pp. 441-442. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010407b.htm) [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Gould, Elizabeth (1804-1841), natural history artist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966, p. 465. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010426b.htm) [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Gould, John (1804-1881), zoologist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966, pp. 465-467. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010427b.htm) [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Calvert, James Snowden (1825-1884), explorer and botanist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1969, p. 333. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030308b.htm) [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Broinowski, Gracius Joseph (1837-1913), artist and ornithologist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1969, p. 239. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030223b.htm) [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Atkinson, Caroline Louisa Waring (1834-1872), naturalist and writer', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1969, pp. 59-60. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030060b.htm) [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Coxen, Charles (1809-1876), naturalist and politician', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1969, pp. 487-488. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030453b.htm) [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Elsey, Joseph Ravenscroft (1834-1857), surgeon, explorer and naturalist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, p. 139. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040141b.htm) [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Helms, Richard (1842-1914), zoologist and botanist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, p. 374. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040423b.htm) [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Ramsay, Edward Pierson (1842-1916), ornithologist and zoologist', in Bede Nairn (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1976, pp. 3-4. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060004b.htm) [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Wheelwright, Horace (Horatio) William (1815-1865)', in Bede Nairn (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1976, pp. 383-384. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060411b.htm) [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Barrett, Charles Leslie (1879-1959), naturalist and journalist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, p. 185. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070191b.htm) [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Cayley, Neville William (1886-1950), ornithologist and artist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, pp. 596-597. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070605b.htm) [ Details ]

• Kloot, Tess, 'Chisholm, Alexander Hugh (1890-1977), Journalist, Ornithologist and Encyclopaedist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1993, pp. 422-423. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130463b.htm) [ Details ]

Edited Books

• Chisholm, A. H. (ed.), Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with Sixty-five Plates of New Descript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, Curious Cones of Trees and other Natural Productions by John White, Esq., Angus & Robertson for Royal Australian Historical Society, Sydney, 1962. [ Details ]

Journal Articles

• Balmford, Peter, 'Newspapers as a Source of Information about Natural History', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 102, no. 1, 1985, pp. 20-27. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'The Ornithological History of Queensland', Queensland Naturalist, vol. lii, 1922, pp. 66-79; 93-101; 115-123. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'John Gilbert. Some Letters to Gould', Emu, vol. 38, 1938. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Some Letters from George Grey to John Gould', Emu, vol. 38, 1938. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'The Story of John Gilbert.', Emu, vol. 39, 1940, pp. 156-176. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Mrs John Gould and her Relations', Emu, April, 1941. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'John Gould's Australian Prospectus', Emu, vol. 42, 1942, pp. 74-84. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Birds of the Gilbert Diary', Emu, vol. 44, 1944, pp. 131-150. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'An Explorer and His Birds. John Gilbert's Discoveries in 1844-5', 1945. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'The Diaries of S. W. Jackson', Emu, vol. 58, 1958, pp. 75-76. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'J. R. Elsey, Surgeon, Naturalist, Explorer', Queensland Naturalist, vol. 17, no. 3/4, 1964, pp. 60-70. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Some Early Letters in Australian Ornithology', Emu, vol. 63, 1964. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'J. R. Elsey, Explorer of the Never-Never', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 52, 1966. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Dudley Dickison - Student of Birds and Books', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 84, no. 8, 1967, pp. 251-253. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Obituary. Gilbert Roscoe Gannon', Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, vol. 89, 1968, p. 12. [ Details ]

• Chisholm, A. H., 'Obituaries: Roy Percy Cooper', Emu, vol. 77, no. 2, 1977, p. 88. [ Details ]

• McGill, A. R., 'Alexander Hugh Chisholm', The Emu, vol. 77, 1977, pp. 232-235. [ Details ]

• Willis, J. H., 'Alexander Hugh Chisholm, OBE, CMZS., C.F.A.O.U. (1890-1977). An Appreciation', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 94, no. 5, 1977, pp. 188-190. [ Details ]

• Robin, Libby, The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2001, 492 pp. [ Details ]