Becker, Ludwig (1808 - 1861)

Book Chapters

• Tipping, Marjorie J., 'Becker, Ludwig (1808?-1861), artist, explorer and naturalist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1969, pp. 127-128. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030120b.htm) [ Details ]

Conference Papers

• Darragh, Thomas A., 'Ludwig Becker as a Geologist', in D. F. Branagan and G. H. McNally (eds), Useful and Curious Geological Enquiries Beyond the World: Pacific-Asia Historical Themes: The 19^th International INHIGEO Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 4-8 July, 1994, International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences, Sydney, 1994, pp. 192-199. [ Details ]

Journal Articles

• Darragh, Thomas A., 'Ludwig Becker, a Scientific Dilettante: His Correspondence with J.J. Kaup and Others'', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 11, no. 4, 1997, pp. 501-522. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9971140501.htm) [ Details ]

• Dixson, W., 'Notes on Australian Artists', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 9, 1923. [ Details ]

• Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Victorian Botanists', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 25, 1908, pp. 101-117. [ Details ]

• McLaren, I. F., 'The Victorian Exploring Expedition and Relieving Expeditions', Victorian Historical Magazine, vol. 29, 1959. [ Details ]

• Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P000216. [ Details ]
• Museum Victoria, Caught & Coloured: Zoological Illustrations from Colonial Victoria, 2006, http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/caughtandcoloured/. [ Details ]