Nancarrow, Richard Huthnane   (1833 - 1889)

Born at Grampound, Cornwall, England, in 1833; died May 1889, at Raywood, Bendigo, Victoria, (aged 55-56).
Buried at Raywood Cemetery.

He was the son of John Nancarrow and Marianne, née Lidgey.

He migrated from England to Victoria with his brother in 1855 and joined the gold-rush near Bendigo.

Afterwards he settled in nearby Neilborough where he became a storekeeper and was well known for his botanical and entomological drawings.

He also lectured on natural history at the Bendigo Mechanics Institute.

He won a gold medal for a collection of watercolour paintings of Australian wildflowers he showed at the Geelong Industrial and Juvenile Exhibition in 1879.

He was the first collector of plants in Whipstick Scrub, sending specimens to Mueller, in the late 1870s/80; also at Neilborough.

Source: Extracted from:
https://daao.library.unsw.edu.au/bio/richard-huthnane-nancarrow/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/274920671/richard-huthnane-nancarrow
George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA. p.500
Portrait Photo: none found.

Collecting localities for 'Nancarrow, R.H.' from AVH (2025)

Data from 5 specimens