Gerard Krefft manuscript and pictorial collection, ca. 1856-1895

fonds

ca. 1856-1884, 1891, 1894-1895

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Watercolours, Ephemera, Photographs, Drawings

423004

Textual Records - manuscript and printed
Ephemera
Photographs
Drawings

Krefft, zoologist, artist, and museum curator, arrived in Australia in 1852. He was naturalist to the Victorian Government Collecting Expedition to the lower Murray and Darling Rivers under Wilhelm Blandowski in 1857-1858, then employed at the National Museum, Melbourne to catalogue the expedition's collection. On Governor Denison's recommendation, Krefft was appointed Assistant Curator at the Australian Museum in Sydney from 1860-1864, and then Curator from 1864-1876. Krefft expanded the Australian Museum's collection and won international repute as a scientist, corresponding with Charles Darwin, Sir Richard Owen, and Albert Gunther of the British Museum.

Reference:
Australian Museum online Feb. 2003. & Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.5, 1851-1890. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1974

Series 01
Gerard Krefft papers, ca.1856-1895

Series 02
Gerard Krefft album of watercolour drawings, ca. 1857-1858, 1861, 1866

This collection comprises two record series. You can navigate to a more detailed description of each series from this collection record.

Related Manuscript Material:
Gerard Krefft - letters from Charles Darwin, 1872-1876 (CY 3168: MLMSS 5828).
Gerard Krefft - further papers, ca. 1864-1881 (CY 886: A 261; P1/Krefft, Gerard).