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ALLAN CUNNINGHAM
BOTANIST (1791-1839)
PEN AND INK PORTRAIT BY
PHILLIP PARKER KING 1817
FROM THE COLLECTION OF
THE STATE LIBRARY OF NSW
MITCHELL LIBRARY

Allan Cunningham

Biographical Sketch of the Late Allan Cunningham FLS MRGS

by Robert Heward FLS

Published 1842

BACKEdited by Diane Challenor FORWARD
as a companion to
THE KING'S BOTANICAL COLLECTOR

CONTENTS of PART 5

CONTENTS

Part 5 : covers the period June 1828 to February 1831
This extract, from Heward's Part 2, begins at page 107 of The London Journal of Botany
Volume I 1842.

        Moreton Bay, Brisbane Town, Mount Lindsay
7th June to 5th August 1828		 
        Journey to reach Cunningham's Gap
5th August 1828		 
        Journey to Hay's Peak and Tracing the Brisbane River
1828		 
        Blue Mountains to Bathurst January
1829		 
        Blue Mountains, Springwood
1829		 
        Mount York, Vale of Clwyd
1829		 
        Third Voyage to Moreton Bay
May to September 1829		 
        A plan to return to England with Captain King is thwarted
1829		 
        Norfolk Island
May 1830		 
        Phillip Island and a near death experience
17th June 1830		 
        Escaped Convicts threaten the life of Allan Cunningham and his servants 19th June 1830 
        Lieutenant Borough pursues the escaped convicts
June 1830 		 
        The escaped convicts assumed to perish in heavy seas
June 1830
 
        Final excursions before returning to England
1831		 
        Illawarra, Broken Bay, Blue Mountains and Cox's River
1831		 
        Goodbye Parramatta and to his circle of friends
1831		 
        Some last minute botanical treasures are collected
1831		 
        Goodbye Governor Darling
1831		 
        Goodbye Port Jackson
1831		 

CONTENTS HEWARD'S SKETCH | PART ONE | TWO | THREE | FOUR | FIVE | SIX

TIME LINE | ENDNOTES | PLANT INDEX | PLANT SEARCH

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