European Exploration of Australia - Naturalists and Other Scientists

Naturalists and Other Scientists

There are a number of naturalists and other scientists closely associated with European exploration of Australia. They include:

  • Daniel Solander, accompanied Cook's 1770 expedition.
  • Jacques Labillardière, accompanied Bruni d'Entrecasteaux.
  • Allan Cunningham, accompanied Oxley's 1817 expedition.
  • John Gilbert, accompanied Leichhardt's expedition.
  • Ferdinand von Mueller, accompanied Augustus Gregory's expedition.
  • Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour, François Péron and Charles Alexander Lesueur, accompanied Baudin's 1801 expedition.
  • John Lhotsky
  • Gerard Krefft
  • Olive Pink
  • Scientists of the Horn Expedition of 1894, including Walter Baldwin Spencer, Edward Charles Stirling and Ralph Tate

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