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33: 262: 252: 193: 280:, in the environment in which they lived and fed. This work, published in 1864, was time-consuming and expensive and publication was delayed for 12 years. Although published (in London : John van Voorst) under Alexander Walker Scott it was an entirely collaborative work as its title states. 359: 220:(1832–1910), both born in Sydney. At Ash Island the sisters helped their father in his entomological work, collecting, preparing and drying specimens of plants and insects, and also accepted painting, drawing and 680: 685: 524: 174: 690: 485: 467:
Ord, M. (1988). Historical drawings of Moths and Butterflies. Ash Island series volume 1 Harriet and Helena Scott. Sydney : Craftsman House 147 pp.
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Australian Lepidoptera and their transformations, with illustrations drawn from the life by his daughters, Harriet Morgan and Helena Forde
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from 1860 to 1861. He supported the secret ballot and franchise extension. In 1861 he was nominated to the
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Australian Lepidoptera and their transformations, drawn from the life by Harriet and Helena Scott
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Australian Lepidoptera and their transformations, drawn from the life by Harriet and Helena Scott
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Australian Lepidoptera and their transformations, drawn from the life by Harriet and Helena Scott
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A failed entrepreneur, he later became a prominent figure in the commercial establishment of the
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On the "Agrotis vastator", a species of moth, now infesting the seaboard of New South Wales.
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with his wife, formerly Harriet Calcott, a seamstress, and his two daughters
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Musgrave, A. 1932: Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775 – 1930. Sydney
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to stay at his house and arrived on 23 September and spent 3–4 days there.
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Description of an ovo-viviparous moth, belonging to the genus Tinea.
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The Scott sisters became established with the publication of
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for life, but he took no part in it and resigned in 1866.
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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
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He was born in 436:"Mr Alexander Walker Scott (1800–1883)" 351: 488:from the original on 20 September 2020 691:Colony of New South Wales politicians 463: 461: 459: 379:"Scott, Alexander Walker (1800–1883)" 7: 511:New South Wales Legislative Assembly 360:"Scott, Alexander Walker (SCT818AW)" 37:Alexander Walker Scott, August 1882 384:Australian Dictionary of Biography 14: 307:Fredrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichardt 671:British people in colonial India 478:"Ludwig Leichhardt in Newcastle" 389:Australian National University 1: 442:Parliament of New South Wales 196:Ash Island (artist A.W.Scott) 287:1862–79 and a Fellow of The 268:Plate 4 Watercolour original 161:, India and was educated at 364:A Cambridge Alumni Database 712: 366:. University of Cambridge. 676:Australian lepidopterists 596: 586: 578: 568: 558: 553: 525:Northumberland and Hunter 521: 516: 509: 175:Northumberland and Hunter 133: 99: 30: 153:Scott was the son of Dr 529:1856–1859 482:Hunter Living Histories 333:Trans. Ent. Soc. 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Three quarter-length studio photo of Alexander Walker Scott.
Mumbai
Paddington
Natural history
entomology
Harriet Morgan
Helena Scott
entomologist
butterflies
Helenus
Bombay
Bath
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Legislative Assembly
Northumberland and Hunter
Northumberland
Lower Hunter
Legislative Council

Newcastle
Ash Island
Hunter River
Harriet
Helena Scott
lithography
Gerard Krefft
William Macleay
Thomas Sutcliffe Mort
Edward Pierson Ramsay
William Woolls

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