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Barnard, James (1809? - 1897) |
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| Ethnographer, Printer and Statistician | |
| Born: 1809? Hackney, United Kingdom. Died: 20 April 1897 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. | |
| James Barnard was Government Printer in Van Diemen's Land (1838-1880) and also a skilled statistician, ethnographer and amateur scientist. He was an original member of the Tasmanian Society (later the Royal Society of Tasmania) and published their journal Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science. Barnard wrote many articles on varied topics including Tasmanian Aboriginals, the growing of beetroot and sugar manufacture, and the acclimatization of esparto grass for paper making. |
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