Daniel Curdie
Doctor Daniel Curdie | |
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Portrait of Daniel Curdie ca. 1850-ca. 1870. | |
| Born | January 9, 1810 Slidderie, Arran, Scotland |
| Died | February 22, 1884 (aged 74) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, algaeology. |
Daniel Curdie (1810-1884) was an early Australian pioneer who founded the Victorian town of Cobden. He was a doctor of medicine and protector of the local Indigenous people. He helped develop the pastoral industry in the Heytesbury area.