Bailey, John   (1801 - 1864)

Born in 1801 at Hackney, London, UK. died in Adelaide, SA, 25 May 1864.

Father of the Queensland botanist F.M. Bailey.

He arrived in South Australia in 1839, to become Colonial Botanist & curator of botanic garden for the colony of South Australia, but these positions were abandoned late in 1841.

In 1842 he established a nursery in Hackney, Adelaide.

He is said to have made collections of plants about Adelaide and district.

Bailey sent seed material and live plants to the English firm of Loddiges, but he does not appear to have published any articles or to have left any record of his collections.

He is buried at St Marys Anglican Church Cemetery St Marys, Mitcham City, South Australia (grave 64).

Source: Extracted from:
George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA. [consult for source references]
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199165852/john-bailey
Kraehenbuehl, D.N. 'History of Botany in South Australia (1800-1955) in Flora of Sth Aust, Part 1. (1986)
Portrait Photo: from Flora of Sth Aust, Part 1. p.15 (1986)