Campbell, Walter Scott   (1844 - 1935)

Born East Maitland, NSW, 11 June 1844; died Sydney, NSW, 25 July 1935.

Agricultural inspector in NSW, becoming Director of Agriculture Section of Dept of Mines & Agriculture, retired 1908.

Collected plants widely during travels for his work, for W.Woolls Mueller, J.H.Maiden, e.g. Coonamble 1880, New England 1886; Tumut, Molong, Orange, Bathurst all Aug. 1886; Cooma 1885, 1987 'Bourke to Barringun' Sept. 1893, Richmond R. 1893, Bourke 1894, Binya 1895.Coolabah 1897, Moree 1898, Mudgee 1898, Walcha Dec. 1898 - Jan. 1899, Grenfell 1890, Thursday Island 1911, northern N.T. 1911/12. Collected lichens in Tas.

Specimens in BM, K, MEL, NSW.

With Maiden wrote Flowering Plants and and Ferns of NSW (1893-98)

Source: George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA. [consult for source references]

Collecting localities for 'Campbell, W.S.' from AVH (2021)

Data from 153 specimens