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Bennett, Kenric Harold (1835 - 1891) |
| Natural history collector |
| Born: 1835 Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia. Died: 30 June 1891 Ivanhoe, New South Wales, Australia. |
| Kenric Harold Bennett collected indigenous fodder grasses, plants, etc from the Lachlan River, New South Wales during the second half of the nineteenth century. |
Career Highlights |
| Born ca 1840. Died Ivanhoe, near Hay, New South Wales, 30 June 1891. Bush naturalist, with three major interests - birds, on whose habits he wrote a number of articles; native plants, which he collected both for himself and J.H. Maiden (q.v.) and published a number of papers on; and the native weapons, implements and utensils of aborigines. |
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