Author:Charles Fraser

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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.

Works

• Observations on the soil, &c, &c, of the banks of Swan River
• Remarks on the botany, &c. of the banks of Swan River, Isle of Bauche, Baie Geographe, and Cape Naturaliste
• Journal of a two months' residence on the banks of the rivers Brisbane and Logan, on the east coast of New Holland

Works about Fraser

• 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