Author:Charles Fraser (1788-1831)

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Charles Fraser
(1788–1831)

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Colonial Botanist of New South Wales from 1821 to 1831; collected and catalogued numerous Australian plant species, and participated in a number of exploring expeditions. He was a member of James Stirling's 1827 expedition to the Swan River in what is now Western Australia, and his report on the quality of the soil was instrumental in the decision to establish the Swan River Colony.

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Oxley, John, (1820), Journals of two expeditions into the interior of New South Wales
Hay, José Guillermo (1909), The Visit of Mr. Charles Fraser, Colonial Botanist of New South Wales, with Captain Stirling, in H.M.S. "Success," to the Swan River in 1827, with his Report on the Botany, Soil, and Capabilities of the Locality; together with copious notes by J. G. Hay; to which is added The Journal of H.M.S. Success, Captain James Stirling, on the above occasion

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