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La Billardière, Jacques-Julien Houtou de (1755 - 1834)

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Born: 23 October 1755 Alençon, France. Died: 8 January 1834 Paris, France.

Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardière joined the voyages of "Recherche" and "Esperance" in 1791 which visited Australia. He acted as naturalist and collected not only plants but animals, fishes, birds and insects.

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 12 December 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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