incogtino@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
In the present day, a ‘Victorian’ would be a person from the Neighbouring state of Victoria. In the article, Victorian refers to the time period
The naturalist resided in Hobart, and would therefore be a Victorian Tasmanian naturalist
Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 10 months ago
Or possibly a Victorian Van Diemen's Land naturalist as Morton Allport was there before the name change in 1856.