Hannaford, Samuel G. (1828 - 1874)

Arrived in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1853 and worked as a bank teller in Warrnambool (1855-1856) and Geelong (1856-1863).

He made the acquaintance of the Victorian Government Botanist, Ferdinand Mueller, and collected plant specimens for him in the areas where he lived.

In 1863 Hannaford moved to Tasmania where he was for six years Librarian at the Hobart Public Library.

He continued collecting plants, including algae (in company with John Fereday) which were sent to British phycologist William Harvey.

Editor of the Victorian Agricultural & Horticultural Gazette during his time in Geelong, and later editor of the Launceston Times (1863-1868), moving to Hobart from 1868.

He wrote extensively on botany and agriculture (and Irish poetry), and collected plants throughout his time in Australia.

In 1856 he published a book, with the long title:

"Jottings in Australia : or, Notes on the flora and fauna of Victoria : with a catalogue of the more common plants, their habitats and dates of flowering / by Samuel Hannaford, esq., author of 'Flora tottoniensis' and late honorary secretary of the Victoria Horticultural Society."

and in 1866:

"The Wild Flowers of Tasmania, or "Chatty Rambles Afioat and Ashore Amidst the Sea-weeds, Ferns, and Flowering Plants, with a Complete List of Indigenous Ferns and Instructions for their Cultivation " (8vo., pp. 188).

Source: Extracted from: A.E.Orchard (1999) A History of Systematic Botany in Australia, in Flora of Australia Vol.1, 2nd ed., ABRS.
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007033b.htm
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvBP308EPd
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/16466/1/1909-Maiden-Tasmanian_botanists.pdf
Portrait Image: Unknown source.

Collecting localities for 'Hannaford, S.' from AVH (2025)

Data from 1,331 specimens