Books
- Moyal, A. M., Scientists in Nineteenth Century Australia: a Documentary History, Cassell Australia, Melbourne, 1976. [ Details ]
- Russell, Archer, William James Farrer: a Biography, Cheshire, Melbourne, 1949, 226 pp. [ Details ]
Book Chapters
- Hou, Yong Kang, 'William James Farrer, 1845-1906', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. [ Details ]
- Wrigley, C. W., 'Farrer, William James (1845-1906), Wheat Breeder', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 471-473. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080498b.htm) [ Details ]
Journal Articles
- Campbell, Walter S., 'William James Farrer', Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 19, 1933, pp. 269-285. [ Details ]
- Cawte, Mary, 'William Farrer and the Australian Response to Mendelism', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 1, 1984, pp. 45-58. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9840610045.htm) [ Details ]
- Evans, L. T., 'Respones to challenge: William Farrer and the making of wheat', Journal of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, vol. 46, no. 1, 1980, pp. 3-13. [ Details ]
- Guthrie, F. B., 'William Farrer', Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, June, 1960, pp. 533-538. [ Details ]
- Skelton, C. P., 'The Methods of the Late W. J. Farrer with Some Results of His Work', Sydney Government Printer, 1925. [ Details ]
- Wenholz, W., 'William Farrer. Australia's Greatest Benefactor', The Australian Quarterly, 1930, pp. 91-100. [ Details ]
- Wrigley, C. W., 'W. J. Farrer and F. B. Guthrie: the Unique Breeder-Chemist Combination That Pioneered Quality Wheats for Australia', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 4, no. 1, 1979, pp. 7-25. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9790410007.htm) [ Details ]
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