Forrest, John, (Sir) (1847-1918)

Also known as
Forrest, John (1847-1918)
Forrest, John Forrest, (Baron) (1847-1918)
Field of activity
Explorer and Surveyor
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Biographies

(Sir/Baron) John Forrest was on the staff of the Surveyor-General's Office 1865-1890. He led a number of expeditions in the uncharted wilderness of Western Australia and brought back many specimens for botanists and geologists. He was premier of Western Australia 1890-1901.

  • 1890 - 1901 Career position - Premier of Western Australia
  • 1941 Taxonomy event - The eucalyptus formanii C. A. Gardn. (1941) was named in his honour, he also was co-collector of the type

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Encyclopedia of Australian Science

  1. Botanists of the Eucalypts : short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material
    Hall, Norman
    [1978]
    Published: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
  2. John Forrest, first Baron Forrest, 1847-1918Oxford Dictionary of National Biography : John Forrest, first Baron Forrest, 1847-1918
    Baigent, Elizabeth
    [2004]
    Published: Oxford University Press
  3. John Forrest 1847-1918; Alexander Forrest 1849-1901Geographers: Bibliographical Studies 8 39-43 : John Forrest 1847-1918; Alexander Forrest 1849-1901
    Powell, J. M.
    [1984]
  4. Forrest, Sir John (Baron Forrest) (1847-1918)Australian Dictionary of Biography Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 8 544-551 : Forrest, Sir John (Baron Forrest) (1847-1918)
    Crowley, F. K.
    [1981]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
  5. Federation and Meteorology
    Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    [2001]
    Series: http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/
  6. Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales: John Forrest - Records (1900 - 1918)
    Letters to C.G. Greenham 1900-18 [1 volume, ML MSS 931].
    ML MSS 931
  7. JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia: John Forrest - Records (1865 - 1918)
    Diaries from the expedition he led in search of Leichhardt in 1869 and an expedition to Central Australia in 1874, published as "Exploration in Australia" (1875); letters regarding his appointment to the Survey Department 1865-66; correspondence with Governor Broome 1884; diaries 1886; records from the Forrest family businesses; correspondence and notes from the time of his political career 1890-1918 [ACC 1241A, MNs 34, 145, 600, 618]; copies of material from the S. Burt papers, the Picton collection, and the W.A. Colonial Secretaries Office records in the Battye Library, and from the Mitchell Library [ACC 2181A, MN 477].
    ACC 2181A
  8. Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science: Australian Botanists - Biographies
    Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists.
    MS 064

Resources by John Forrest (121)

  1. Journal of proceedings of the Western Australian exploring expedition through the centre of Australia : from Champion Bay, on the west coast, to the Overland Telegraph Line between Adelaide and Port Darwin, commanded by John Forrest, F.R.G.S
    Forrest, John Sir, 1847-1918
    [ Article : 1875 ]
    At 8 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 35.791)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 35.791)

  2. Report on the Kimberley District, north-western Australia / by John Forrest, Surveyor General and Commissioner of Crown Lands
    Forrest, John Sir, 1847-1918
    [ Book, Article : 1883-1893 ]
    Languages: English, Undetermined
    At 10 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 26.486)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 26.486)

  3. Letter
    Cammilleri, F. (Frederick), 1861-1943
    [ Unpublished : 1906 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 21.137)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 21.137)

  4. Attacked by natives at Weld Springs
    Forrest, John Sir, 1847-1918
    [ Art work : 1874 ]
    At WA State Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.918)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.918)

  5. Biography of John Forrest 1847-Dec 1905
    Forrest, John Sir, 1847-1918
    [ Book : 1900 ]
    At WA State Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.471)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.471)

  6. Speech on moving the second reading of the Homesteads bill, 1892, on the 17th November, 1892 / by Sir John Forrest
    Forrest, John Sir, 1847-1918
    [ Book : 1892 ]
    At WA State Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.325)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.325)

  7. Diary of John Forrest, Surveyor General and Commissioner of Crown Lands : from Fremantle to Cambridge Gulf, 1886
    Forrest, John Sir, 1847-1918
    [ Book : 1886 ]
    At WA State Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.119)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.119)

  8. Index : Explorations in Australia, by John Forrest / by Bruce Graham
    Graham, Bruce (Bruce Howard), 1912-
    [ Book : 1991 ]
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.869)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.869)

  9. Speech by the Right Honourable Sir John Forrest, on the federation of Australia, on the terms proposed in the Commonwealth Bill passed by the Federal Convention, 1898, at St. George's Hall, Perth, on Friday, the 27th May, 1898
    Forrest, John Sir, 1847-1918
    [ Book : 1898 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.438)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.438)

  10. Papers
    Richardson, A. R. (Alexander Robert), 1848-1931
    [ Unpublished : 1850-1937 ]
    Possibly online
    At WA State Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.15)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.15)

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  1. Journal of proceedings of the Western Australian exploring expedition through the centre of Australia : from Champion Bay, on the west coast, to the Overland Telegraph Line between Adelaide and Port Darwin, commanded by John Forrest, F.R.G.S
    Forrest, John Sir, 1847-1918
    [ Article : 1875 ]
    At 8 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 35.296)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 35.296)

  2. Report on the Kimberley District, north-western Australia / by John Forrest, Surveyor General and Commissioner of Crown Lands
    Forrest, John Sir, 1847-1918
    [ Book, Article : 1883-1893 ]
    Languages: English, Undetermined
    At 10 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 26.388)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 26.388)

  3. Letter
    Cammilleri, F. (Frederick), 1861-1943
    [ Unpublished : 1906 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 21.249)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 21.249)

  4. Sir John Forrest [picture]
    Vandyck
    [ Photograph : 1910 ]
    View online
    At WA State Library
    Sir John Forrest [picture]
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  5. Sir John Forrest / [by] F. K. Crowley
    Crowley, F. K. (Francis Keble), 1924-
    [ Book : 1968 ]
    At 23 libraries
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  6. John Forrest / by David Mossenson
    Mossenson, David
    [ Book : 1960 ]
    Languages: Undetermined, English
    At 30 libraries
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  7. The Western State : some of its people and ports / by John Stokes
    Stokes, John Philip
    [ Book : 1958-1978 ]
    At 36 libraries
    The Western State : some of its people and ports / by John Stokes
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  8. Attacked by natives at Weld Springs
    Forrest, John Sir, 1847-1918
    [ Art work : 1874 ]
    At WA State Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.03)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.03)

  9. Biography of John Forrest 1847-Dec 1905
    Forrest, John Sir, 1847-1918
    [ Book : 1900 ]
    At WA State Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.758)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.758)

  10. Sir John Forrest
    [ Photograph : 1900-1910 ]
    At WA State Library
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    Prothero, G. W. (George Walter), 1848-1922
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  2. The Oxford atlas / edited by Sir Clinton Lewis [and] J.D. Campbell, with the assistance of D.P. Bickmore and K.F. Cook
    Lewis, Clinton Sir, 1885-
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    The Oxford atlas / edited by Sir Clinton Lewis [and] J.D. Campbell, with the assistance of D.P. Bickmore and K.F. Cook
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    Callinan, Bernard Sir, 1913-
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  1. SIR JOHN FORREST (1847-1918).
    Sunday Mail (Brisbane) (Qld. : 1926 - 1954) Sunday 12 June 1927 p 28 Article
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  2. SIR JOHN FORREST [?]
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  3. Sir John Forrest.
    Bunbury Herald (WA : 1892 - 1919) Wednesday 9 May 1906 p 2 Article
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  1. Papers of Sir John Monash
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    [ Unpublished : 1876-1934 ]
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  2. The complete angler, or, Contemplative man's recreation : being a discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish, and fishing, in two parts / the first written by Mr. Isaak Walton ; the second by Charles Cotton, Esq. To which is now prefixed the lives of the ...
    Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683
    [ Book, Article, Audio book, Published : 1653-2009 ]
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  3. OM64-19 Sir Thomas McIlwraith Papers
    McIlwraith, Thomas Sir, 1835-1900
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