Johann Wilhelm Theodor Ludwig Blandowski b. 21 January 1822

Also known as William Blandowski
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Photographer)
William Blandowski lived in Australia for almost a decade and in that time he explored tracts of Central Victoria and helped found the Geological Society of Victoria in 1852 and was appointed Government Zoologist in April 1854. Upon returning to Germany Blandowski tried fruitlessly for years to get his 4,000 drawings of Australia published.
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References [<ExternalResource: Blandowski, William, Darragh, T.A. (ed.), 'William Blandowski's Australia Terra Cognita'.>, <ExternalResource: Paszkowski, L., 'William Blandowski', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3.>, <ExternalResource: Paszkowski, L., 'William Blandowski - the first government zoologist of Victoria', Australian Zoologist, vol. 14, no. 2.>, <ExternalResource: Paszkowski, L. (1987), 'Poles in Australia and Oceania 1790-1840', Canberra, ACT.>] [<ExternalResource: Blandowski, William, Darragh, T.A. (ed.), 'William Blandowski's Australia Terra Cognita'.>]