Guide to the Papers of Sidney William Jackson, 1888-1936

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 466
Creator:
Jackson, Sidney William,1873-1946
Extent:
0.96 metres and (6 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Sidney William Jackson, National Library of Australia, MS 466, [series and/or item number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
The collection consists of correspondence relating mainly to the disposal of the Jacksonian Oological Collection, field note books and data books, drawings of natural specimens, photographs taken mainly on expeditions, press cuttings and printed matter.
Biographical Note:

Sidney William Jackson was born at Brisbane on 12 June 1873. He went to school in Toowoomba and Grafton. As a boy he was interested in bird-watching and egg-collecting. On leaving school he worked as a clerk at Grafton and began recreational study of natural history, particularly of birds. His extensive collection of eggs was commenced as early as 1883. Much of his early work was carried out in the Dorrigo and Grafton districts in north-eastern New South Wales, and at Chatswood, near Sydney. Jackson recorded his field expeditions in his diaries.

Jackson described his unique collection of Australian birds' eggs of more than 500 species in Egg collecting and bird life of Australia: catalogue and data of the Jacksonian Zoological collection (1907). He illustrated the book with his own photographs. Jackson also collected material in the fields of conchology (land snails) and botany.

The results of much of his field work were also published in A.J. Cambell Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds (1901) A. J. Campbell and in The Emu (for example his researches into the avifauna of the Barron River Valley in north Queensland.

In 1907 Jackson sold his collection to H. L. White of Belltrees. It formed the basis of the 'H. L. White Egg Collection', which is now housed in the Museum of Melbourne. Jackson acted as curator of the Belltrees Ornithological Collection and the H.L. White Collection of Australian postage stamps for many years. He moved to Sydney after White's death in 1927 and contributed articles to newspapers and journals.

Jackson died in North Sydney on 30 September 1946.

Reference: ADB, vol. 9, p. 4-59-460.

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

The collection was purchased by the Library from J.S.P. Ramsay in 1973.

Indexed terms

Names:
Jackson, Sidney William,1873-1946

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is available for reference.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Sidney William Jackson, National Library of Australia, MS 466, [series and/or item number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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