Robert von Lendenfeld

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Portrait of Robert J. Lendlmayer von Lendenfeld

Robert J. Lendlmayer von Lendenfeld (1858-1913) was an Austrian zoologist, alpinist, and traveler. He was also a notable spongiologist.

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von Lendenfeld was one of a number of influential German-speaking residents such as Ludwig Becker, Hermann Beckler, William Blandowski, Amalie Dietrich, Wilhelm Haacke, Diedrich Henne, Gerard Krefft, Johann Luehmann, Johann Menge, Carl Mücke (a.k.a. Muecke), Ludwig Preiss, Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker (a.k.a. Ruemker), Moritz Richard Schomburgk, Richard Wolfgang Semon, Karl Theodor Staiger, George Ulrich, Eugene von Guérard, Ferdinand von Mueller, Georg von Neumayer, and Carl Wilhelmi who brought their "epistemic traditions" to Australia, and not only became "deeply entangled with the Australian colonial project", but also were "intricately involved in imagining, knowing and shaping colonial Australia" (Barrett, et al., 2018, p. 2). [1]

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  1. In relation to "Australasia", another German-speaking explorer and geologist, Julius von Haast (1822-1887), was appointed as the inaugural Curator/Director of the Canterbury Museum, in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1867.
  2. "Review: The Tasman Glacier and its surroundings". Lyttelton Times . Vol. LXIII, no. 7476. 16 February 1885. Retrieved 17 January 2025.

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