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The Geographical Society of Australasia, Sydney branch: the Council with Captain Everill c1885

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Kerry & Jones

State Library of New South Wales

Maiden, Joseph

Botanist, curator, writer and teacher, Joseph Maiden brought knowledge about Australia's plants into the public realm through his influence on the collections and programs of the Technological Museum and the Botanic Gardens and his emphasis on the creation of useful and practical science.

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Scientific Societies

Du Faur, Frederick Eccleston

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Founder and supporter of scientific and artistic organisations in Sydney, who helped establish Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and was a landowner at Mount Wilson. He worked as a chief draftsman at the Department of Lands, and often explored the Bliue Mountains, camping near Govetts Creek and the Grose Rover.

Maiden, Joseph

Botanist who during his tenures at the Technological Museum and Royal Botanic Gardens, brought knowledge about plants, their uses and conservation, into the public realm.

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Royal Geographical Society of Australasia

Learned society founded in 1883 to encourage interest in geography and sponsor expeditions of discovery.

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