Name John Dallachy | Died June 4, 1871 | |
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.
Expeditions
From 1849 onwards, Dallachy made a number of expeditions to collect plant specimens. These included:
His plant specimens are located in herbaria in Melbourne, London, Berlin, Kiel and Vienna.