Robert D. FitzGerald

Robert David FitzGerald (or possibly Robert Desmond FitzGerald ) (30 November 1830 – 12 August 1892) was an Irish-Australian surveyor, ornithologist,

Death FitzGerald died on 12 August 1892 at Hunters Hill and he was buried in the Presbyterian section of the old Balmain Cemetery.

Manuscript notes Manuscript notes on botanical species including watercolour sketches and diagrams with botanical annotations which were completed by hand by Fitzgerald between 1870 and 1890, and are held by National Library of Australia.

Published letters A number of letters dated between 1871 and 1892 from FitzGerald to the German/Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller about Australian plants and their identification with references to Herbarium specimens as well as a single letter from G.H. Druce to FitzGerald are held at the National Herbarium of Victoria, Melbourne. was named in his honour.

Memberships Made an honorary member of Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria. Elected a fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1874. Elected a member of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1876.

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