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Oswald Bertram Lower (1864–1925): a South Australian pioneer in the discovery of Australia’s biodiversity (2023)

Peter B. McQuillan (Author)
Ted Edwards (Author)
Jenny Camilleri (Author)

Historical Records of Australian Science
Volume: 35
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-15
Publication date: 2023
Language: English

DOI: 10.1071/HR22015

URI: https://www.publish.csiro.au/hr/HR22015

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Scientists Collections Museums Citizen science; community science Entomology Pharmacy 20th century, early 19th century Australia

An Adelaide-born pharmacist, Oswald B. Lower, is a neglected figure in the pantheon of early Australian amateur entomologists. Specialising in Lepidoptera, he worked mainly around Adelaide and Broken Hill where he discovered hundreds of new species, especially in the semi-arid zone of southern Australia. Lower named almost 1000 valid new species between 1892 and 1923 based upon his own material and specimens sourced from contacts in other parts of Australia. His legacy of 40 000 specimens, assembled between the 1880s and early 1920s, forms the nucleus of the outstanding Lepidoptera collection at the South Australian Museum. Many are sourced from locations now lost or degraded and the collection will be an invaluable tool in the emerging challenge of habitat restoration in Australia.

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