John Dallachy
John Dallachy (c. 1808 – 4 June 1871) was a curator of Melbourne Botanic Gardens and a plant collector.
Dallachy was born in Elginshire, Scotland. He worked as a gardener for the Earl of Aberdeen and Kew Gardens. In 1847, he went to Ceylon to manage a coffee plantation. Sailing to Australia in 1848, he took up work as a gardener for Jonathan Were in Brighton, Victoria. He was an overseer and later a superintendent of the Melbourne Botanic Gardens from 1849 to 1857. Following the appointment of Ferdinand von Mueller as director, Dallachy continued as curator until 1861.[1]
Expeditions
From 1849 onwards, Dallachy made a number of expeditions to collect plant specimens. These included:[2]
- c. 1849 Baw Baw region
- August 1849 Mount Macedon
- January 1850 Mount Disappointment
- August 1850 Pentland Hills
- 1853 Ovens Valley and Mount Buffalo
- 1858 Wentworth and Mount Murchison, near Wilcannia
- 1860 Wimmera River and Lake Hindmarsh
- 1864–1871 Rockingham Bay, Queensland
His plant specimens are located in herbaria in Melbourne, London, Berlin, Kiel and Vienna.[3]
