Bidwill, John Carne  (1815 - 1853)

First arrived in Sydney, New South Wales, in September 1838. Visited New Zealand (Bay of Plenty and central North Island) from 5 February until April 1839, and again in 1840, and Moreton Bay, Queensland, in 1841, before returning to England in 1843. He returned to Sydney in 1844, travelling from there to New Zealand in the same year and Tahiti in 1845. First Director of Botanic Gardens, Sydney, and Government Botanist, 1 September 1847-January 1848. Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wide Bay, Queensland (then N.S.W.) from 1848. Collected extensively, and published the first account of the Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii). He sent many living plants and seeds to various gardens in England, including Kew, and advised William Macarthur, among others, on the introduction of plants to the colony of New South Wales. He was also an accomplished plant hybridiser. His herbarium is lodged at K, with other material in B, L, MEL and MO.
Biographical materials assembled by V.Crew are in BRI.

Commemorated in Bidwillia, Acacia, Araucaria, Brachyglottis, Cyrtandra, Hyptiandra, Tephrosia etc

Specimens mainly at K, also at B, L, MEL,MO, NSW
 

Extracted from: A.E.Orchard (1999) A History of Systematic Botany in Australia, in Flora of Australia Vol.1, 2nd ed., ABRS. [consult for source references]