Robert J. Lendlmayer von Lendenfeld (1858-1913) was an

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, alpinist, and traveler. He was also a notable spongiologist. von Lendenfeld was one of a number of influential German-speaking residents such as

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, Ludwig Becker,

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, Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker (a.k.a. Ruemker),

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, Richard Wolfgang Semon, George Ulrich, Eugene von Guérard,

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, and

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who brought their "epistemic traditions" to Australia, and not only became "deeply entangled with the Australian colonial project", but also "intricately involved in imagining, knowing and shaping colonial Australia" (Barrett, et al., 2018, p. 2).In relation to "Australasia", another German-speaking explorer and geologist, Julius von Haast (1822-1887), was appointed as the inaugural Curator/Director of the Canterbury Museum, in

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in 1867.

Works

* 1886: ''Über Coelenteraten der Südsee'' * 1888: ''Descriptive catalogue of the sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney'' * 1890: ''Australia Felix'' * 1892: ''Australische Reise'' * 1894: ''Die Tetractinelliden der Adria: (Mit einem Anhange über die Lithistiden)'' * 1895: ''Report on the

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es collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76'' * 1896: ''Aus den Alpen'' * 1896: ''Die Clavulina der Adria'' * 1899: ''Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Reisen in Madagaskar und Ostafrika'' (mit Alfred Völtzkow, Hans Schinz, Hans Strahl, Hubert Ludwig, Henri de Saussure) * 1899: ''Die Hochgebirge der Erde'' * 1902: ''Neuseeland'' * 1902: ''Das grosse australische Wallriff'' * 1903: ''Das Tierreich'' * 1903: ''Porifera: Tetraxonia'' * 1908: ''Tetraxonia der deutschen Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903'' * 1913: ''Untersuchungen über die Skelettbildungen der Kieselschwämme: I. Die Mikrosklere der Caminus-Arten''

Notes

References

* Barrett, L., Eckstein, L., Hurley, A.W. & Schwarz A. (2018), "Remembering German-Australian Colonial Entanglement: An Introduction", ''Postcolonial Studies'', Vol.21, No.1, (January 2018), pp. 1–5. 1858 births 1913 deaths Austrian zoologists Spongiologists {{Austria-scientist-stub