Joan Webb - transcripts of the letters of George Caley, 1795-1825 (transcribed ca. 1990-ca. 1995)

MLMSS 6361

fonds

ca. 1990-ca. 1995

152298

1 box - 0.18 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)

George Caley was born in England in 1770. He developed an interest in botany and after working in Kew Gardens he was appointed by Sir Joseph Banks in 1798 to go to New South Wales as a collector. He arrived in Sydney in 1800 and spent the next ten years collecting natural history specimens and exploring. He journeyed as far afield as Van Diemen's Land, Westernport, the Hunter River, Jervis Bay and Norfolk Island. In 1804 he attempted to cross the Blue Mountains getting as far as Mount Bank overlooking the Grose Valley. His appointment was terminated in 1808 and he returned to England in 1810. In 1816 he took up a botanical position in the West Indies but resigned in 1822. He died in London in 1829.

Letters of George Caley transcribed by Dr Joan Webb and her assistants. Correspondents include Sir Joseph Banks, Robert Brown, Philip Gidley King and George Suttor.