Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators (B)

    B  

BABBAGE, Benjamin Herschel

1815-1878

Scientist, explorer, engineer

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BACCHUS, William Henry

1820-1887

Agronomist, grazier, VIC

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BACK, Patricia V.

fl. 1974

Botanist, weed specialist

BACKHOUSE, James

1794-1869

Nurseryman, naturalist missionary, Aust-wide

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BADMAN, Frank

1943-2015

Herbarium collector, ecologist, arid SA

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BAEUERLEN, [BAUERLEN] Wilhelm [William]

1845-ext.1901

Botanist, museum collector, NSW, VIC, PNG

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BAGE, Freda ^^

fl. 1885

Member, Field Nats' Club Vic. Collected in VIC

BAGLIN, Douglass

fl. 1960s-80s

Photographer

BAHLSEN, Emma [also Miss C.] ^^

fl. 1890s

Collected near Mudgee, NSW

BAILEY, Alan

1937-

Phycologist, Adelaide Uni 1960s, later Townsville, SA, QLD

BAILEY, Eric Thomas

1910-1980

Agrostologist, plant introduction specialist

BAILEY, Frederick Manson

1827-1915

Colonial Botanist in Queensland, author, QLD

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BAILEY, J.L.

BAILEY, John

1801-1864

Colonial Botanist in Adelaide, nurseryman, SA

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BAILEY. John Frederick 

1866-1938

Gardens Director, Brisbane, Adelaide, economic botanist, QLD, SA

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BAILEY, John Rayer

fl. 1950s

Gardens curator

BAIN, J. ^^

fl. 1842

Collected at Mt Irvine, NSW

BAINES, John Thomas  

1820-1875

Explorer, artist, cartographer, naturalist, prospector, Northen Aust.

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BAINES, ^^

?-1855

Collected marine algae in Vic.

BAIRD, Alison Mary, Miss

1906-

Botanist, ecologist

BAIRD, D.D. ^^

fl. 1898

collected at Dubbo, NSW

BAIRD, J. ^^

fl. 1883

collected near Maytown, Palmer R., QLD

BAKER, (J.) M. ^^

fl. 1891-96

collected Picton, NSW

BAKER, Richard Thomas

1854-1941

Economic botanist, museum curator, author, NSW

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BAKER, William Robert Arton ^^

1857–1926

Herbarium and museum keeper, collected in VIC

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BAKET, Miss

fl. 1884

Collected Bloomfield R. area, QLD

BALANSA, Bendedict (Benjamin)

1825-1891

French botanist explorer; in New Caledonia 1868-72

BALDRY, J.M. ^^

fl. 1883-93

associated with Baldwin Spencer, VIC, TAS

BALE, Colin L.* 

1953-

Botanist

BALE, William Mountier (? initial L.) ^^

1851-1940

Microscopist, customs inspector, studied diatoms etc

BALFOUR, Dr ^^

fl. 1841

attributed with lichens from Tas, (? see George ref.) TAS

BALGOOY, Max Michael Josephus van

1932-2021

Java-born botanist/collector, Pacific flora, incl. Aust., based in Leiden

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BALL, Henry Lidgbird

1756-1818

Naval Officer, 1st Fleet, artist

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BALL, Lionel Clive

fl. 1889-1960s

Govt geologist, Collected at Wallangarra, QLD

BALL, Robert ^^

fl. 1836

collected lichens, mosses on Macquarie R., NSW

BALLANTYNE [BALLANTINE], Mary

fl. 1840s

collected R.Gunn, TAS

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BALME, Basil E., Dr

1923-

Palynologist, palaeobotanist

BANACLON, W. ^^

fl. 1887

collected at Olive Downs, NSW

BANCROFT, Joseph, Dr

1836-1894

Surgeon, pharmacologist

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BANCROFT, Thomas Lane

1860-1933

Medical Officer, naturalist, plant breeder, QLD

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BANDY, G. ^^

fl. 1878

Collected at Mt Jeffcott, VIC

BANER, Miss

fl. 1884

Collected Bloomfield R. area, QLD

BANFIELD, Frederick Sydney

-1967

Student gardener at Kew, later based in Malaysia. Writer

BANFIELD, H. ^^

fl.1880

Collected at Ararat, VIC

BANKS, David Paul

1965-

Orchid collector, grower, lecturer, NSW

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BANKS, Joseph, Sir

1743-1820

Naturalist, explorer, promoter, Royal Society President, NSW, QLD, UK

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BANNIER, (? August Wilhelm) ^^

fl. 1849-51

Collected on Kangaroo Is. SA

BAPTIST, John

Horticulturist

BARAGWANATH, William, Jnr,

1878-1966

Geologist, mine surveyor, Director of Geol. survey

BARBER, C.D. ^^

fl. 1878-79

collected at Rolleston, QLD

BARBER, Horace Newton - Prof.

1914-1971

Botanist, cytologist, NSW

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BARCLAY, George

fl. 1830s

Botanical illustrator

BARCLAY-MILLER, Thomas 

fl. 1875-1923

Miner, bailiff, QLD

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BARKER, Collet - Captain

1784-1831

Soldier, military administrator, NT, WA

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BARKER, Mary Ann, Mrs, nee ELRIDGE 

1790-1872

Collected seaweeds for Harvey, VIC

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BARKER, Mrs (? Susannah nee Hodgkinson)

fl. 1895

Collected for Mueller in VIC

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BARKER, Mrs C.A.

fl. 1880

Collected for Mueller near Mt Wilson, NSW

BARKER, R. ^^

fl. 1898

collected at Albany, WA

BARKER, Robyn Mary, Mrs  (née SHORT)

1948-

Botanist, taxonomist, SA

BARKER, William Robert (Bill)

1948-

Herbarium botanist, taxonomist, Adelaide, PNG, SA

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BARKLY, Henry - Sir

1815-1898

Colonial administrator. Governor of Victoria, VIC

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BARLEY, Anita Miriam (nee PODWYSZYNSKI)

1955-

Botanical illustrator, VIC

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BARLOW, Bryan Alwyn, Dr*

1933-

Botanist, Herbarium Director, Melaleuca, mistletoe specialist, SA, ACT

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BARLOW, Janette

fl. 2000s

Botanical artist, NSW

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BARNARD, Charles Ashmall

1867-1942

plant collector Coomooboolaroo, QLD

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BARNARD, Charles E., Dr

fl.1880s

Botanical lecturer, Herbarium curator, writer, TAS, NSW

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BARNARD, Colin

1907-1974

Phytochemist, grassland ecologist, ACT

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BARNARD, E. ^^

1786-1861

specimens at Kew collected Aust 1829

BARNARD, Francis George Allman

1857-1932

Writer, editor, pharmacist, VIC

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BARNARD, Francis W.

1823-1912

Microscopist, chemist, VIC

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BARNARD, George jnr

1831-1894

One of the Barnard family of Coomooboolaroo Stn, QLD

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BARNARD, Olive (later Olive Rodway)

1883-1947

Naturalist, botanical photographer, herbarium curator, TAS

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BARNES, J. ^^

?

collected freshwater algae for Mueller in VIC

BARNES, R. ^^

fl. 1886

collected at Rose Bay, NSW

BARNES, W.E. ^^

fl. 1890

collected on Ovens R., VIC

BARNETT, Olwyn, Mrs*

1925-

Nurse, secretary, SGAP enthusiast, seed-banker, TAS, VIC

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BARNFORD, D. ^^

fl. 1886

collected moss at Ben Lonond, TAS

BARNM, Paul*

1927-

Farmer, naturalist

BARNSLEY, Barbara

fl.1980s-1990s

Horticulturist, botanist, editor, Canberra, ACT

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BARON, Henry John Allcock (sometimes Alcock)

1863-1948

Botanical illustrator, lithographer, QLD, NSW

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BARRETT, Charles Leslie

1880-1959

Naturalist, author, photographer, VIC

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BARRETT, Harcourt

1838-1904

Botanical lithographer, b. England, arrived Aust. 1881

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BARRETT-LENNARD, Amy Eliza (Mrs Forrest)

1852-1897

Collected for Mueller in WA

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BARRETT, Matthew David

1974-

Botanist, Kimberley region, fungi, polyploidy, WA, QLD.

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BARRETT, Russell Lindsay

1977-

Herbarium botanist, Kimberley region, pea-flowers, WA, ACT, NSW

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BARRETT, Sarah R.

fl.1980s-2020s

Physiotherapist, biologist, ecologist, WA

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BARRINGTON, F.A. ^^

fl. 1884

collected at Mulligan R., QLD

BARROW, J. ^^

fl. 1897

collected near Kyneton, VIC

BARRY, Elizabeth

1862-1932

collected for Mueller at Moonbah, NSW

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BARTLETT, Violet "Artah"

1869-1955

Wildflower and bird painter, signed herself as 'Artah', WA

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BARTLETT-TORR. Errol Warren

1933-2023

S.African-born photographer, plants, Kimberley region, WA

BARTON, Fred Jnr

fl. 1925

BARTON, Frederick C. W.

fl. 1926-32

Victorian naturalist, bird observer, VIC

BARTON, Sarah

1905-

BARTON, W. ^^

1833-1899

collected at Armadilla (Armadillo), QLD

BARTRAM, Edwin Bunting 

1878-1964

Bryologist, muscologist

BARTUSCH, G.

fl. 1890s-1900s

Botanical illustrator, Gemany

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BASCHER, W. ^^

fl. 1892

collected near Henty, VIC

BASEDOW, Herbert J., Dr 

1881-1933

Scientist, explorer, Chief Protector of Aborigines, SA, NT, WA

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BASS, George, Dr 

1771-1803

Explorer, naval surgeon, NSW, TAS

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BASSETT, Florence Hildegard

1888-1948

Amateur flower painter, WA

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BASSETT, Miss

fl. 1894

Collected for Mueller upper Lachlan River, NSW

BASTOW, Austin 

-1938

Mayor of Subiaco, WA

BASTOW, Richard Austin

1839-1920

Architectural draughtsman, cryptogamist, botanical artist

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BATE, Mary Harriet , later Mrs GRIFFITHS

1855-1951

Plant collector for Mueller, farmer's wife, NSW

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BATEMAN, Edward La Trobe  

c.1815-1897

Artist, garden designer

BATEMAN, Wilfred (Bill)  

1907-1985

Forester

BATES, Daisy May (nee Margaret DWYER)

1869-1951

Journalist, ethnographer, writer, QLD, SA

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BATES, H.E. ^^

fl. 1884-92

Manager, pastoral station, Madura, WA

BATES, L.

fl. 1960s

BATES, Robert J.*

1946-

Teacher, collector of orchids

BATESON. G.

f.1930s

Collected plants in PNG

BATIANOFF, George Nicholas

1945-2009

Queensland Herbarium, formerly Ag. Dept. staff, QLD

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BATRY, I ^^

f. 1888

Collected near Mt Macedon, VIC

BATSCH, J. ^^

fl. 1881

Collected at Gloucester Mtns (Buckets?), NSW

BATT, John (Jack) Downton

1843-1919

Eucla telegraph linesman, border SA-WA

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BAUDIN, Nicolas Thomas, Capt.

1754–1803

Explorer, surveyor

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BAUDINET, B. (Miss) ^^

fl. 1883-85

Collected (including algae) in lighthouses, TAS

BAUDINET, E.E., Miss

fl. 1868-84

BAUDINET, Louisa (Lucy) Isabella Chaulk

1825-1901

Collected for Mueller in TAS

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BAUDOIN (BAUDOUIN) ^^

fl. 1865-68

Collected in SE Asia, Australia, Egypt

BAUER, Ellie, Miss [see BAUER, Sophie . . . below]

1863-1943

Collected (including algae, lichens) at Bloomfield R., QLD

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BAUER, Ferdinand Lukas (Lucas)

1760-1826

Botanical artist, accompanied Flinders on voyage around Australia

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BAUER, Franz (Francis) Andreas

1758-1840

Botanical artist based in Kew, brother of Ferdinand

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BAUER, Sophie Wilhelmine Eleanore (Ellie)

1863-1943

Collected (including algae, lichens) at Bloomfield R., QL

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BAUERLEN see: BAEUERLEN

BAUMANN, M. ^^

fl. 1896

Collected in [Royal] National Park, NSW

BAUME, Joseph

1810-

French naval surgeon

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BAYER, Randall James

1955-

Botanist

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BAXTER, Jacqueline

fl. 2000s

Botanical artist, VIC

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BAXTER, William

1787- fl. 1822-30

English gardener, botanical collector in Aust 1820s

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BEADLE, Noel Charles William, Prof.

1914 - 1998

Botanist, Prof Botany UNE, NSW

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BEAL, A. Miss, probably Ada

fl. 1884-1885

Daughter or Amy, collected for Mueller in VIC

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BEAL, Amy (nee MURCH)

1827-1925

Mother of Ada, collected for Mueller in VIC

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BEALE

fl. 1960s

BEAMlSH, K. I., Dr

fl. 1970s

Botanist

BEAN, Anthony Russell

1957-

Naturalist, national parks, Qld Herbarium botanist, QLD

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BEAN, Deirdre

fl. 2010s

Botanical illustrator

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BEARD, John Stanley, Dr*

1916-2011

Botanist, ecologist, Gardens Director, UK, Africa, NSW, mostly WA

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BEASLEY, Rubin Cartwright

1878-1956

Farmer

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BEASLEY, Th. ^^

fl. 1887

Collected at L. Austin, WA

BEATON, Gordon William*  

1911-

Mechanic, photographer, mycologist

BEAUGLEHOLE, Alexander Clifford

1920-2002

Farmer, naturalist, herbarium collector, VIC

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BEBRA, Jane Charlotte von [see BIBRA]

BECCARI, Odoardo, Dr

1843-1920

Italian botanist, collected in Aust, 1878

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BECHERVAISE, John mayston, Dr

1910-

Poet, explorer, author

BECKER, Lothar

fl. 1850-51

German/Polish botanist, illustrator, esp. fungi

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BECKER, Ludwig Philipp Heinrich  

1808-1861

German artist, naturalist, in Aust. from 1851, on Burke & Wills expedition

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BECKLER, Herman, Dr

1828-1914

Botanist, Medical Officer, QLD, NSW

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BEDDOME, C.E. ^^

fl. 1882

Collected diatoms, ferns, TAS, QLD

BEDFORD, David John, Dr*

1952-

Herbarium botanist, Xanthorrhoea, botanic gardens Director, NSW, TAS

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BEDFORD, Lady Ethel

1848-1913

Wife of Governor, amateur wildflower painter, WA

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BEDFORD, H.D. ^^

fl. 1890-94

Collected at Pettroy, Wollomombi, NSW, and VIC

BEDFORD, Roger B.

fl. 1960s

Botanist[?], orchidologist

BEDGGOOD, Stella Winifred, Mrs  

1916-1978

Naturalist, photographer

BEDWELL, Frederick

1796-1853

Master's mate with P.P. King on Mermaid

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BEER, Donald R. (Don)

1940-2022

Historian, Australia-Canada, UNE professor, ANBG history, NSW, ACT

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BEERE, Frederick (Fred) William ^^

1851-1906

Shepherd; overland telegraph; pastoralist Eucla WA

BEESTON, Gregory Ronald

1948-2024

Botanist, ecologist, vegetation mapper, QLD, WA

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BEETON, Irene, Miss (surname sometimes mispelled BEATON)

1920-

Horticulturist at Canberra Botanic Gardens and its herbarium, ACT

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BEEVER, Jessica, Mrs

fl. 1980s

Bryologist

BEGVIE, P.

Collector of fungi, VIC

BEHR, Hans Hermann

1818-1904

German ethnologist, botanist, entomologist; Aust 1844-47

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BELCHER, Robert Orange, Prof.*

1918-2008

US botanist (died 8/1/2008, USA) in Aust 1966

BELCHER, Ruby*  

fl. 1967-1982

NSW, SA, TAS

BELFIELD, A.H. ^^

fl. 1892

Collected at 'Eversleith', Dumaresq, NSW

BELL, Annie, Miss ^^

fl. 1887-90

Collected at Booligal, Lachlan R., NSW

BELL, B.A.

fl. 1999

Collected in NSW, QLD

BELL, C.

fl. 1970s

BELL, Graham Harold*

1959-

Herbarium cryptogam botanist, moss flora author, SA

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BELL, M. or N. ^^

1889-96

Collected in [Royal] National Park, Sydney, NSW

BELL, S.

fl. 192-2000

Collected in NSW

BELL, William Alexander ^^

fl. 1861-62

on Burke & Wills Relief Expedition, SA, Qld, NT

BELL, William Robert ^^

1830-

Prospector, farmer, speculator, SA, VIC, TAS. fl. 1880-84

BELL, Miss

fl. 1884

Collected (with A.W. Howitt) in VIC

BELL, Miss

fl. 1831

Collected in NSW, associated with Allan Cunningham

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BELLINGHAUSEN, Fabius Theophilus

1778-1852 

Naval officer, explorer, Russian Antarctic expedition

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BELSON, E.

fl. 1930s

Botanist, Senior Herbarium officer

BELT, Francis Walter

1862-1938

Solicitor, soldier, naval officer, Horn Exped.

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BENGSTON. M.

fl. 1960s

BENHAM, Ellen Ida

1871-1917

Teacher, botany lecturer, herbarium curator, SA

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BENINGA, L. ^^

fl. 1879

Collected at Hahndorf, SA

BENL, Gerhard

1910-2001

German herbarium botanist, Ptilotus, visited Aust 1977-78, WA, NT, QLD, NSW,

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BENNETT, A. Mrs. (also as Mrs A. Burnett) ^^

?

Collected at Port Stephens, NSW Specimens at CGE (ex Lindley's herbarium), K.

BENNETT, C.E. or C.S. ^^

fl. 1858

Collected at Bendigo gold diggings, Specimens at MEL., VIC

BENNETT, C.P. ^^

fl. 1889

Collected on W coast TAS, Specimen at MEL.

BENNETT, E.

fl. 1920s-40s

BENNETT, Eleanor Marion, Mrs (nee SCRYMGEOUR)

1942-

Botanist, WA Herbarium, Kings Park, author, WA

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BENNETT, Frank M.

fl. 1940s

BENNETT, F. ^^

fl. 1889

Collected at Irvinebank, Qld, Apr. 1889. Specimens at BRI, QLD

BENNETT, Frederick Debel ^^

fl. 1830-40

Whaler. On Tuscan voyage to Pacific Ocean 1833-36.

BENNETT, George, Dr

1804-1893

Physician, naturalist, surgeon-naturalist on Sophia

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BENNETT, Ian James

1958-

Botanist

BENNETT, Isobel Eliza Toom   (also as: Isobel Ida BENNETT)

1909-2008

Marine biologist, algal collector, NSW, QLD, VIC, TAS

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BENNETT, Kenric Harold

c. 1840-1891

Ornithologist, collected plants for Maiden in NSW

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BENNETT, Muriel Mary

1880-1958

Collected for Mueller near Sale, VIC

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BENNETT, Merle

1929-

Conservationist, herbarium initiator, Ravensthorpe area, WA

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BENNETT, R. Mr ^^

fl. 1886

Collected between Lachlan & Darling Rivers, NSW

BENNETT, S.B. ^^

fl. 1874

Collected between Surrey Hills & Circular Head, TAS

BENNETTS, Harold William, Dr

1898-1970

Veterinary pathologist, author

BENSON, Douglas Howard*  

1949-

Herbarium ecologist, Sydney, NSW

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BENTHAM, George

1800-1884

English botanist, author, never visited Australia

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BERRARD, Auguste (also as Beraud, Bernaud) ^^

fl. 1845

Captain of LeRhin (q.v.), French naval transport.

BERGGREN, Sven

1837-1917

Explorer. Professor of botany in Sweden, collected cryptogams

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portrait

BERG. Rolf, Dr fl.

1970s

Botanist

BERKELEY, M.J. Rev.

1803 - 1889

Algae collector

BERKTON, Miss

fl. 1886

BERNAYS, Lewis Adolphus, Dr

1831-1908

Parliamentary Clerk, horticulturist, collector

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BERNEY, Frederic Lee ^^

1865-1949

Pastoralist. Collected at Elderslie, Winton, QLD, 1897.

BERNHARDI, Theodor ^^

1810-1889

Collected in Australia. Specimens at B, KIEL, L.

BERRY, E. ^^

fl. 1887

Collected at Fairview, C. York Peninsula, QLD, specimens at BRI.

BERTHON, Elizabeth de Crillon (Lily)

1852-1946

Landscape painter, collected for Mueller in VIC

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BERTHOUD, George Frederick (range of surname spellings)

1856-1936

Horticulturist, collected widely, most states

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BERTOLI, G. ^^

fl. 1886

Collected at L.Boort (Avoca), VIC

BESSA, Pancrace

1772-1835

Botanical artist based in Paris

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BEST, Dudley Robert William

1844-1928

Businessman, naturalist, VIC

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BEST, Ellen Ann

1842-1918

Collected at Beverley & at Youarding near Toodyay, WA

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BEST, Heinrich 

1893-1961

Microscopical illustrator

BEST, Henry

1843-

BETCHE, Daniel Ludwig Ernst

1851-1913

Sydney Bot Gardens collector, botanist, writer, NSW

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BEWS, D.M.

fl. 1906-14

Lichen collector

BEUZEVILLE, Wilfred Alexander Watt de

1884-1954

Forest ecologist, botanist, NSW (ACT)

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BEVERIDGE, Peter

1829-1885

Grazier near Swan Hill, VIC

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BEYTHIEN, Ernest Adolph Theodor

1841-1910

German-born chemist, Moonta, SA

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BLEVERLEY

fl. 1860s

Collected on Melville Is, NT

BEYER, George

1865- >1921

Herbarium assistant, Mus Applied Arts & Science, NSW

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BEYTHIEN, Ernest ^^

fl. 1880s

Chemist, Collected plants at Moonta, Paskeville, SA

BIAGI, Guiseppe ^^

fl. 1868

Italian diplomat, collected around Hobart, Blackheath, Blue Mtns.

BIBBY, Patrick Noel Sumner

1907-1955

Gardener, botanist, lichen and hepatics, VIC

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BIBRA, Jane Charlotte von (also von BEBRA)

1822-1882

Station-owner's wife, near Champion Bay, WA

BICHARD, J. P. ^^

fl. 1890

Collected fungi at Eight-mile Plain, QLD

BICHENO, James Ebenezer 

1785-1851

Author, Colonial Secretary

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BICK, Ernest Walter

1870-1949

Horticulturist, botanic gardens curator

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BICKFORD, Ernest J.

1862-1940

Collected around Perth and at New Norcia, Mt Eliza, WA

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BIDDULPH, Alice Caroline (later Mrs Wells)

1873-1971

Collected for Mueller in Qld and WA

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BIDDULPH, Ellen Caroline (nee Foot)

1855-1917

Collected for Mueller in QLD

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BIDDULPH, Florence Francis

1879-1964

Collected for Mueller in QLD

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BIDDULPH, Harriette Sophia, Mrs   (née Foot)

1839-1940

Wife of property owner, Mt Playfair, QLD

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BIDDULPH, Muriel Margaret

fl 1956-1966

Amateur collector Mt Playfair, QLD

BIDWELL, J.E.

BIDWILL, John Carne

1815-1853

Horticultural botanist, Gardens Director

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BIGGS, B. ^^

fl. 1887

Collected at Rambo, NSW

BIGWOOD, Anthony

fl. 1980

Palaeobotanist

BILLARDIERE, J.J.H. de la    see LABILLARDIERE

BILLINGHURST, Farncorabe L. ^^

fl. 1890s

Collected at Loddon River, Trentham, in VIC

BINGHAM, J. ^^

fl. 1896

Collected at Balmoral, NSW

BIRCH, Charles Weldon de Burgh   (also as Weld Birch)

1821-1894

Pastoralist, surveyor's clerk, expedition leader, NSW, QLD

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BIRCH, William R.

1922-

Botanist, phycologist

BIRD, Eric C.P., Dr

fl. 1970s

Physiographer, ecologist

BIRD, H.

BIRD, J. ^^

fl. 1887

Collected at Scarsdale, NSW

BIRD, L.H.

fl. 1979-1998

Collected in QLD

BIRD, Simon ^^

fl. 1895

Collected at Eumundi, QLD

BIRNAGE, L.A. ^^

fl. 1879

Collected at Brisbane, QLD

BISDEE, Elizabeth Anne

fl.1830s

Wildflower artist, TAS

BISHOP, Anthony Dean (Tony)

1954-1995

Botanist, journalist, editor, photographer, orchids, NSW

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BISHOP, Frederick James  

fl 1956

Botanical photographer

BISHOP, H.G.

BISHOP, L. ^^

fl. 1899

Collected at Narrabri, NSW

BISHOP, T. ^^

fl. 1894

Collected alga at Shoalhaven R., NSW

BISHOP, William Charles Eli

1922-1989

Electrical engineer, herbarium volunteer, NSW

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BISSET, W. ^^

fl. 1899

Collected at Nyngan, NSW

BISSILL, Walter Kirk   (often misspelt BISSELL)

1842-1890

English born storekeeper, plant collector, SA, NZ, VIC

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BLACK, Albert B.

fl. 1917

BLACK, G., Mrs

fl.1860s

BLACK, John McConnell  

1855-1951

Journalist, botanist, Sth Aust Flora writer, SA

notes

 portrait

BLACK, Lauren

1971-

Botanical artist, especially mosses, TAS

notes

portrait

BLACK, Niel (Ned)

1804-1880

Pastoralist, politician, SA, VIC

notes

BLACK, Raleigh Adelbert  

1880-1963

Botanist, physical instructor, commercial traveller, SA, VIC, NSW

notes

BLACK, Thorby H.

fl. 1943

Son of Raleigh Black,

BLACK, Roger Foster

1923-2008

Botanist, ecologist, grandson of J.M.Black, SA, NSW, QLD, WA

notes

portrait

BLACKALL, William Edward, Dr

1876-1941

Botanist, medical practitioner, Perth, WA

notes

portrait

BLACKBURN, David Thomas, Dr

1951-1915

Palaeobotanist, businessman, SA

notes

BLACKBURN, G.

c. 1919- extant 1984

Ecologist, geophysicist 

BLACKBURNE, John

1839 fl.1900s

Public Service Inspector

notes

BLACKET, H. (or BLACKETT) ^^

fl. 1897

Collected at Gosford, possibly at Ashfield, Croydon, NSW

BLACKMORE, John A.P.

fl. 1960

Orchidologist

BLACKSHAW, A.L. 

fl. 1909

Collected in NSW

BLACKWELL, Marion Isabel (nee PEAKE)

1928-

Botanist, photographer, consultant, WA

notes

portrait

BLACKWOOD, Margaret

1909-1986

Botanist, geneticist, fungi authority, academic, VIC

notes

portrait

BLAKE, H.P. ^^

fl. 1890

Collected at Coonamble in NSW

BLAKE, Stanley Thatcher. Dr

1911-1973

Herbarium botanist, naturalist, writer, Northern Aust with CSIRO, then QLD

notes 

portrait

BLAKE, Trevor Lloyd*

1937-

Botanist, illustrator

BLAKELY, William Faris  

1875-1941

Gardener, botanist, eucalyptologist, NSW

notes

BLANDOWSKI, Johann Wilhelm Theodor Ludwig von (also William von)

1822-?1880

Artist, photographer, naturalist, mining engineer, SA, VIC

notes

portrait

BLANKS, Perpetua Anne Mary = see TURNER, Perpetua

1990s-2020s

see TURNER, Perpetua Anne Mary

notes

BLAXELL, Donald Frederick*

1934-

Botanist, orchidologist, NSW

notes

portrait

BLAXILL, Susannah

fl.2000s

Botanical artist, NSW

notes

portrait

BLAXLAND, Gregory

1778-1853

Explorer, pioneer farmer. Arrived Sydney April 1806, NSW

BLAYLOCK, Brian James

1947-2022

Naturalist, plant collector, bird enthusiast, SA

notes

portrait

BLEESER, A.E. 

BLEESER, Florenz August Karl

1871-1942

Postmaster, naturalist, Darwin NT

notes

BLENHEIM, J. ^^

fl. 1880

Collected at Port Curtis, QLD

BLIGH, William, Governor

1754-1817

Naval officer, cartographer, artist, Vice-Admiral, explorer, NSW

notes

 portrait

BLOMBERY, Alexander Morris (Alec)

1913-2002

Horticulturist, author, native plant enthusiast, NSW

notes

portrait

BLOOMER, Harry Howard

1866-1960

Accountant, naturalist

BLOW, Thomas Bates ^^

1854-1941

Made bee-keeping equipment, UK, amateur Characeae collector NT, WA

BLOXSOME, Herbert Schreiber

1876-1952

Grazier, occasional collector, QLD

notes

BLUNDELL, E.H. ^^

fl. 1895

Collected at Eumundi, QLD

BLUNDELL, H. Weld ^^

fl. 1882

Collected at Gordon Downs, QLD

BLYTH, Eliza

1820-1894

Wildflower artist, art school manager, TAS

notes

BLYTH, Robert

1700s

English engraver for Banks' Florilegium

notes

BLYTH, William C.

fl. 1870s

Lived at 'Honeywood Farm', Huon, Tas, collected for Mueller in TAS

BOASE, Isabella (nee Cameron)

1849-1932

Collected at Murtoa, VIC

notes

BODDY, Edward Morton Murray ("Morton")

1903-1973

Nursery proprietor (Eastern Park Nursery, Geelong) VIC

BODDY, Edward Ralph ("Ralph")

1933-1989

Nursery proprietor (Eastern Park Nursery, Geelong); son of E.M.M.Boddy, VIC

BODDY, Gertrude Mollie ("Mollie") (née TAYLOR)

1905–1977

Nursery proprietor (Eastern Park Nursery, Geelong); wife of E.M.M.Boddy, VIC

BODEN, Robert William, Dr

1935-2009

Gardens Director, research arboriculturalist, Canberra, ACT

notes

portrait

BOEHM, E.P.

fl. 1940s

Naturalist

BOFELDT, Anders Tony

1965-2011

Illawarra rainforest collector, field botanist, NSW

notes

portrait

BOGISCH, ^^

?-1903

Missionary at Ebenezer Mission, collected in 1891, VIC

BOGOYEVITCH, Marie

f. 2000s

Biomedical scientist and botanical artist, VIC

notes

BOLAND, Douglas John*

1947-2001

Forester, seed collector, CSIRO, author, NSW, ACT

notes

portrait

BOLTON, J. ^^

fl. 1890

Collected in Vic. near Mt Abrupt, The Grampians and in Wimmera, VIC

BOND, Ian

fl. 1960s-80s

Photographer

BOND, Richard Wallace (Dick)

1914-1976

Forester, editor, CSIRO, Snowy Mountains, VIC, ACT, NSW

notes

BONNEY, F.

fl. 1867-87

Sent specimens to Mueller from Mt Murchison, NSW

BONNEY, James Edmund

fl. 1850s

BONNEY, Joseph 

1776-1861

Nursery worker

BONNEY, W. H.

fl.1895

Artist calligrapher, draughtsman who illustrated flowers, WA

BONPLAND, Aime Jacques Alexandre

1773-1858

French gardener, artist, Central/South America (not to Aust.)

notes

portrait

BOOMSMA, Clifford David*

1915-2004

Forest botanist, ecologist, SA

notes

portrait

BOORMAN, John Luke

1864-1938

Engish born gardener, herbarium collector, NSW

notes 

BOOTH, Edward Stirling*

1911-1997

Zoologist, botanist, poet, artist, SA

notes

portrait

BORCHGREVINK, Carsten Egeberg

1864-1934

Surveyor, scientist, Antarctic explorer, photographer

notes

BOROWITZKA, Lesley Joyce, Dr

1949-

Botanist, phycologist

BOROWITZKA, Michael Armin

1948-

Phycologist, ecology; physiology; seagrass; algae corallines, NSW, WA

notes

portrait

BORRER, William ^^

1781-1862

Botanist, lichen collector, did not visit Australia

BORY DE ST VINCENT, Jean Baptiste George Marcellin, Baron de

1778-1846

Zoologist, botanist, military officer

notes

portrait

BOSISTO, Joseph 

1827-1898

Research chemist, oil distiller, parliamentarian, VIC

notes

portrait

BOSTOCK, Peter D.

1949- 

Herbarium botanist, Brisbane, ferns, computerisation, QLD

notes

portrait

BOSTON, R.

fl. 1888

Collected lichen at Dandenong, VIC

BOSTON, R.H. (Possibly mis-reading of Bastow?) ^^

fl. 1899

Collected lichen on Mt Wellington, TAS

BOSWELL, Annabella Alexandra Campbell (nee Innes)

1826-1916

Wildflower painter, diarist

notes

BOTT, Harold

1880-1957

Mining engineer

notes

BOUEL, C. ^^

fl. 1881

Collected at Endeavour R., QLD

BOUGAINVILLE, Hyacinthe-Yves-Philippe-Potentien de

1781-1846

French naval officer, navigator.

notes

BOULEY, de, Dr. ^^

fl.1867-72

Collected on NW coast, WA, specimens at BM

BOULTON, T.

fl. 1906

Lichen collector

BOUNE, J.O. ^^

fl. 1887

Collected on Snowy River, VIC

BOUQUET, Louis

fl. 1800-1817

Botanical engraver

notes

BOUTON, A.F. (also given as BONTOU) ^^

fl. 1890-91

Collected on [upper] Lachlan River, NSW

BOWDEN, Isobel, Miss

Botanist

BOWEN, D. ^^

fl. 1882

Collected at Buxton, VIC

BOWEN, Eliza Theresa (nee Campbell)

1848-1939

Collected at Cape Portland, TAS

notes

BOWER, Dr. ^^

fl. 1858

Collected in SW Australia. Specimen at K.

BOWER, Colin

1948-

Orchid collector, conservationist

notes

portrait

BOWKETT, Eva F. ^^

fl. 1883-90

Collected in Qld at Walsh R., Hodgkinson R., Herbert R.

BOWMAN, Edward Macarthur

1826-1872

Station worker, botanical collector, esp. for Mueller, QLD

notes 

BOYCE, John Shaw

1889-

BOYCE, Max W.

fl. 1970s

Botanist

BOYCE, W.

fl. 1940s

BOYD, A.J. ^^

fl. 1881

Collected fungi at Redlands Bay, QLD

BOYD, Emma Minnie

1858-1936

Landscape and genre artist, occasionally painted flowers

notes

BOYD, T. ^^

fl.1894

Collected at Lake Macquarie, NSW

BOYLAND, Desmond Ernest*

1941-

Botanist (forestry) at Queensland Herbarium, QLD

notes

portrait

BOYLE, A.C.

fl. 1935

Collected in QLD

BOYLE, David

1821-1900

Nurseryman, artist, collected for Mueller, VIC

notes

BRACKENRIDGE, William Dunlop

1810-1893

Scientist, fern collector, US expeditioner

notes

BRADBURY

fl. 1904

BRADHURST, Peggie Joan (Jane), Miss

1926-2016

Illustrator/artist, sometimes botanical, Flora of Aust, NSW

notes

portrait

BRADLEY, Henry Houghton Burton

1845-1918

Lawyer, horticulturalist, naturalist

notes

BRADLEY, Patricia B., Mrs

fl. 1980s

Botanist

BRADSHAW, Joseph

1854-1916

Businessman, pastoralist. Led expedition in Kimberley, WA

notes

BRADY, ^^

fl. 1895

Collected at Booral, NSW

BRADY, Roderick

fl.1903

Exibited wildflower panels painted on wood, WA

BRAINE, Arthur Belgrave 

1854-1945

Teacher, orchidologist

notes

BRAIN, J.H. ^^

fl.

Collected in NSW Specimen at K.

BRAITHWAITE, G.

BRAN, L.G. ^^

fl. 1887

Collected at Cumberland, Qld, May 1887

BRAND, Arthur ^^

1860-

Storekeeper, newspaper proprietor, pastoralist, Warracknabeal. Collected 1885.

BRANWHITE, Alan Eddie (Boris)

1946-

Orchid collector, conservationist, NSW

notes

portrait

BRANWHITE, Peter Gordon

1956-2017

Orchid collector, tuber-bank, conservationist, NSW, VIC

notes

portrait

BRANWHITE, Philip John

1951-2015

Orchid collector, artist, conservationist, NSW, VIC

notes

portrait

BRASS, Leonard John, Dr

1900-1971

Explorer, botanist, SE Asia, PNG, Qld

notes 

portrait

BRATT, Geoffrey Charles

1931-1977

Industrial chemist, mountaineer, lichenologist, TAS

notes

portrait

BRAY, J.S.

fl. 1830s

BRAY, J. ^^

fl. 1892-95

Collected in NSW at Port Jackson 1892, Sydney 1895

BRAZIER, John William

1842-1930

Conchologist; at Australian Museum, Sydney

notes

portrait

BREADEN, A. (?Allan) ^^

fl. 1887

Collected near Mt Burrell, NT

BREAKWELL, Ernest (? J.)

1885-1952

Agronomist, author

notes

BREEDEN, Stanley

fl. 1970s

Naturalist

BREGENZER, H. ^^

fl. 1886

Collected at Ballarat, VIC

BREIDAHL, Harald Theadore ^^

1853-? 

Danish chemist, collected mosses in Aust. 1889-1912

BRENNAN, Kym G.

fl.1980s-2020s

Botanist, land-manager, photographer, Kakadu, NT

notes

portrait

BRENT, Francis ^^

fl. 1850

Marine zoologist, collected some algae in WA

BRESLIN, Bethany

fl. 2000s

Botanical artist, NSW

notes

BRETELER, F.J. ^^

fl. 1889

Collected S of Taree, NSW

BRETON, William Henry, Lieut. ^^

fl. 1830-43

Explorer, Naval Officer, collected NSW, WA, TAS

BRETT, Robert Lindsay Gordon

1898-1975

High School Superintendent eucalyptologist

notes 

BREWER, James Alexander

1818-1886

Postmaster

notes

BREWSTER, Agnes A.

fl. 1907-09

Botanist

BREWSTER, S. [?A.)

fl. 1907-09

BREWSTER, R. ^^

fl. 1875

Collected near Penola, SA

BRIDGE, Cyprian A.G., Capt.

fl. 1884

Naval officer

BRIDLE, G. ^^

fl. 1896

Collected on Preston River, WA

BRIGGS, Barbara Gillian, Dr*

1934-

Herbarium botanist, biosystematist, NSW

notes

portrait

BRIGGS, John D.

1954–

Ecologist, rare and threatened plant specialist, ACT, NSW

notes

portrait

BRIGGS, J. L.

fl. 1980s-90s

Bee-keeper, Warby Range Vic., uncle of John D. Briggs, VIC

BRIGGS, Walter E.

1866-7–1948?

Forester, collected at Muttaburra, Warrego, Qld, 1886-90, QLD

BRINTALL, S. E.

fl. 1914

BRITTAN, Norman Henry, Dr*

1920-

Botanist, illustrator

BRITTLEBANK, Charles Clifton

1862-1945

Illustrator, naturalist, mycologist

notes

portrait

BRITTON, Edward

Botanist

BROADBENT, J. ^^

fl.1892

Collected at Mitta Mitta, VIC

BROADHURST, Linda M.

fl.1990s-2020s

Botanist, geneticist, conservation, restoration, CSIRO, WA, ACT

notes

portrait

BROCK, John

1951-

Botanist, writer, photographer, 'Top End', NT

notes

portrait

BROCK, Margaret Anne 

1951-

Botanist

BROCKLEBANK, L.

BROCKMAN, Frederick Slade

1857-1917

Explorer, Surveyor-General of WA

notes

BROCKMAN, Garry B.

fl.1990s-2020s

Physiotherapist, orchid photographer, author, herbarium associate, WA

notes

BROCKMAN, George Julius (also as C.J.)

1850-1912

Pastoralist north-west WA

notes

portrait

BROCKWAY, George Ernest Emerson 

1900-1973

Forester, eucalyptologist 

notes

portrait

BROGDEN, James ^^

fl. <1857

Collected in Australia; 85 specimens sold in London; now at CGE.

BROMFIELD, C.W. ^^

fl. 1890

Collected on Delatite River, VIC

BRONGNIART, Adolphe

1801-1876

Palaeobotanist

portrait

BROOKER, Michael George

1970s-2000s

Ornithologist, remnant vegetation, ACT, WA

notes

portrait

BROOKER, Murray Ian Hill*

1934-2016

Herbarium botanist, eucalyptologist, SA, WA, ACT

notes

portrait

BROOKES, G. B.

1868-?

Agriculture Dept worker, QLD

notes

BROOKING, J. ^^

fl. 1887

Collected toxic plants in WA, specimens at MEL

BROOKS, John Paul

1848-1930

Pastoralist

notes

BROOKS, Sarah Theresa, Miss

1850-1928

Artist, algae collector, VIC, WA.

notes

BROOM, R. ^^

fl. 1891-94

Collected at Muldiva, Bolwarra Stn, Herbert R, QLD; Cudal, NSW

BROOME

Palaeobotanical collector

BROOME, Mary Anne (née STEWART)

1831-1911

Author (as 'Lady Barker'), collected seaweeds

notes

BROTHERTON, Anna Mary Winifred, Miss

1874-1956

Collected in Vic; Barker Ck, Loddon R. Castlemaine, Mt Alexander, VIC

notes

BROUGH, Patrick

1885-

Botanist

BROWN, Andrew Phillip

1951-

Herbarium botanist, orchids, Eremophila, WA

notes

portrait

BROWN, Clarence Dircksey ^^

1864-19?

Pearler, station-hand, overseer; Fortescue, WA

BROWN, Elizabeth Anne

1956-2013

Herbarium botanist, specialising in bryophytes, NZ, NSW

notes

portrait

BROWN, F.H.

fl. 1898

(possibly entry below?)

BROWN, Forest Buffon Harkness ^^

1873-1959

Collected at Merrigoen [Merrygoen] near Mudgee, NSW

BROWN, Geoffrey Wilfred

1891-

Collected near Greenhills WA

BROWN, George

1835-1917

Methodist missionary, Pacific and Aust

notes

portrait

BROWN, George

1929-2002

Darwin Botanic Gardens curator, Darwin Lord Mayor, NT

BROWN, G.R. ^^

fl. 1892-99

Forester, collected at Port Macquarie etc, NSW

BROWN, Henry Yorke Lyell   (? initials H.I.L)

1844-1928

Government geologist, WA, SA, NSW, NZ

notes

portrait

BROWN, J. ^^

fl. 1890

Collected at Tewantin, QLD

BROWN, John Ednie

1848-1899

Forest conservator, botanist, in Aust from 1878

notes 

portrait

BROWN, John Mrs. ^^

fl. 1895

Specimens collected at Casdereagh River, NSW

BROWN, Joseph Tilley ^^

1845-1925

Businessman, politician. Had property at Echuca

BROWN, Kenneth ^^

1837-76

Pastoralist at Glengarry near Geraldton, WA, expeditioner

BROWN, Lucy   (nee Clifton) ^^

1830-1906

Collected seaweeds for Harvey, Vasse, WA

BROWN, Malcolm

1938-

Teacher, orchid collector, north QLD

notes

BROWN, Maitland

1843-1905

Resident Magistrate, explorer

notes

BROWN, Michael James*

1945-

Botanist, plant photographer, WA

BROWN, Raymond

1947-

Nurseryman, Grevillea Garden manager 1980s, NSW

BROWN, R.J. ^^

fl. 1891

Collected at Bargo, 'Camborn', NSW

BROWN, Robert

1773-1858

Naturalist, botanist with Flinders' voyage, author, librarian (botany)

notes

portrait

BROWN, Robert H., Dr

BROWN, Robert Neal Rudmore

1879-?

BROWN, Thomas ^^

1836-1919

Pastoralist. Vic, SA, explored NT, settled at Nullarbor Stn

BROWN, William ^^

fl. 1788

Botanical assistant, gardener, on HMS Bounty with Bligh

BROWN, William

fl.1885

BROWN, William T. or P. [Either initial on plant labels]

fl. 1925 

notes

BROWNE, J. Stuart ^^

fl. 1874-77

Collected at Port Lincoln, SA, also possibly Nullarbor Plain 1891

BROWNE, James Howard*

1919-2004

Shire gardener, VIC

notes

portrait

BROWNE, John Harris, Dr

1817-1904

Surgeon, pastoralist, naturalist, author

notes

portrait

BROWNE, Margaret Marie [Maria], (nee RILEY ) ^^

fl. 1893

Wife of squatter on Murrumbidgee River later police magistrate in NSW

BROWNLESS, T.H. ^^

fl. 1887

Collected at Deniliquin, NSW

BROWNSCOMBE, W.S.

fl. 1901-1907

Colected in NSW, Vic

BRUBAKER, Curt L.

fl. 1990-2000s

Plant systematist CSIRO Canberra, cotton, Gossypium, ACT

notes

portrait

BRUCE, John Leek

1850-1921

Sanitary engineer, teacher

notes

BRUCKNER, John (Johannes) ^^

fl. 1885

Collected at Mossgiel between Darling & Lachlan Rivers, NSW

BRUHL, Jeremy James

1956-

University herbarium botanist, Phyllantheae, Cyperaceae, ACT, NSW

notes

portrait

BRUMBY. F., Miss ^^

fl. 1875-90

Collected in Tas. at Georges Bay, Thomas Plain, Perth, Hamilton-on-Forth, TAS

BRUMBY, Rebecca ^^

fl. 1885-95

Collected for Mueller in NSW and Victoria, NSW, VIC

BRUMMITT, Richard Kenneth, Dr

1937-2013

Botanist, author, nomenclaturist, based at Kew, collected in Australia

notes

BRUMMITT, Robert, Dr

1851-1927

Medical practitioner, Burra, SA

notes

BRUNDOCH, Miss ^^

fl. 1885

Collected on upper Clarence R., NSW

BRUNDRETT, Mark Christopher

1959- 

Canadian-born fungal botanist, orchids, WA, QLD

notes

portrait

BRUNT, W. ^^

fl. 1886

Collected at Cranbourne, Vic

BRYAM, W.J. ^^

fl. 1898

Collected freshwater algae at Brisbane, QLD

BRYANT, H.

fl. 1974-1980

Collected in NSW

BRYANT, Mrs

Herbarium assistant

BRYMER, Miss ^^

fl. 1897-98

Collected at Hopetoun, VIC

BRYSON, J. ^^

fl. 1897

Collected at Brushy Mountain near Gloucester, NSW

BUCHAN, Alexander

-1769

Botanical artist

BUCHANAN, A.M.

1944-

Herbarium botanist, TAS

BUCHANAN, D. ^^

fl. 1894

Collected at Mackay, QLD

BUCHANAN, J.H. ^^

fl. 1896

Collected at Challie near Horsham, VIC

BUCHANAN, J. ^^

fl. 1886

Collected ferns in NSW

BUCHANAU, G. ^^

fl. 1888

Collected at Manly, NSW

BUCHER, W. ^^

fl. 1896

Collected near Henty, VIC

BÜCHEN-OSMOND, Cornelia

fl. 2000s

Botanical artist, ACT

notes

portrait

BUCHINGER, Jean Daniel ^^

1805-1888

Cited by Beck (1888) as a collector in Australia but apparently in error

BUCK, E. (? Elizabeth nee Harman) ^^

1827-1905

Collected at Kangaroo Island, SA, husband mariner Kingscote, SA

BUCKINGHAM, W. ^^

fl. 1886-99

Collected in NSW at Bondi, lichens at Wahroonga, NSW

BUCKLAND, Thomas ^^

1814-96

Merchant, pastoralist, arrived NSW 1830, travelled widely, incl. Monaro, Dubbo, NSW

BUCKLAND, Victor ^^

fl. 1890-94

Collected on Thompson R, QLD

BUCKLER

BUCKLEY   (? A.K.) ^^

fl. 1895

Collected at junction of Ovens & Murray Rivers,VIC

BUCKLEY, Ralf Christopher

fl. 1970s

PhD at ANU, collected Simpson Desert, resource management.

notes

BUCKNALL, H. ^^

fl. 1878

Collected at Tulgollni (?), Majorca, VIC

BUETTNER, ^^

fl. 1848

Collected on Gawler River, SA

BUFTON, John, Rev.

1855-1911

Clergyman, collected in TAS, NSW, also collected fossils

notes

BULFIN, Margaret

fl. 1970s

Botanist

BULL, Henrietta Ann [Mary] (née Wells) ^^

1830-

Wife of Henry Bull, pioneer settler in WA, collected specimens for James Mangles

BULL, William Perkins ^^

1819-82

Collected (including mosses) at Tumbarumba, NSW

BULLER, G.A.

fl. 1890

Collected on Hunter River, NSW

BULLOCK, Katherine Sarah Mrs (nee Baker)

?-1907

Collected in Wimmera, Vic, upper Darling & Warrego Rivers, QLD/NSW

notes

BUNBURY, Amelia Matilda, Mrs (née PRIES)

1863-1956

Collected for Mueller in WA

notes

BUNBURY, D.A., Mrs

fl. 1886-1892

BUNBURY, Diana Richardson, Miss

1811-1898

WA plant and algal collector

notes

BUNBURY, May Mrs ^^

fl. 1894

Collected at Busselton and elsewhere in southern WA

BUNBURY, Mervyn ^^

fl. 1882-84

Drover? collected on Gascoyne River, WA

BUNBURY, Richard Hamner 

1813-1857

Midshipman, squatter, artist 

notes

BUNCE, Daniel

1813-1872

Gardens curator, nurseryman, VIC

notes

portrait 

BURBIDGE, Andrew A., Dr

1942-

Wildlife officer, WA

BURBIDGE, Nancy Tyson, Dr

1912-1977

Botanist, agronomist, herbarium curator, bibliographer, author, ACT

notes

portrait

BURBIDGE, W.

BURBURY, Francis Edward 

1866-1955

Microscopist, horticulturist

BURDETT, William

1871-1940

Orchardist, horticulturist, Adelaide Hills, SA

notes

BURGER, Dennis, Dr

fl.1960-85

Palynologist

BURGES, Alan, Prof.

fl. 1930-1950

Botanist, bryologist, NSW

BURGES, N.A.

fl. 1933

Collected in NZ

BURGES, William

fl. 1858

Arrived Swan River, 1830, farmed at Upper Swan, York, Champion Bay, WA

notes

BURGESS, C. ^^

fl. 1886

Collected at McPherson Ra., NSW

BURGESS, Colin Ernest Bryce Hawthorne, Rev

1907-1987

Anglican clergyman, botanist, Canberra Botanic Gardens Herbarium, NSW, ACT

notes

BURGIS, Thomas  

fl. 1760s-90s

Botanical artist

BURGMAN, Mark

1956-

Botanist, ecologist

BURKE, David

1854-1897

English commercial plant collector, mostly Malaysia and PNG

BURKE, Don

1947-

Author, Media horticulturist, NSW

BURKE, W.

fl. 1916-1919

Collected in USA, NSW

BURKHILL, E.M. ^^

fl. 1897

Collected in VIC, (see expanded note in A. George's ABC book)

BURKITT, Alexander Horace ^^ (possibly same as next entry)

fl. 1855-64

Flower and fossil painter, plant collector

BURKITT, Arthur Horace ^^

1836-

Geologist, painter & telegraphist, Williamstown, Geelong, Portland, VIC, then QLD

BURKITT, Edward ^^

fl. 1861

Lived at Windsor, Vict. Recorded by Mueller as a collector, VIC

BURKITT, Ellen Gaskin (nee Carige)

c.1840-1916

Wife of stock inspector, collected for Mueller in SA

notes

BURKITT, George

1830-? 

Pastoralist, collected at Peak Downs, QLD

BURKITT, John ^^

1835-

Pastoralist on Lachlan R., NSW, collected Lake Gilles, near Iron Knob, SA

BURKITT, William Christopher

1839-1908

Sheep farmer, collected near Lake Gilles, SA

BURN, David ^^

1799-1875

Playwright, journalist, settler, arrived Aust 1826, died in NZ

BURNABY

Phycologist

BURNELL, T.C. ^^

fl. 1893-97

Collected between Bombala & Cooma, Albury, NSW

BURNET, Mr ^^

fl. 1830

Sent fossil wood to Edinburgh, lived at Sydney, NSW

BURNS, A.C.

fl. 1963-1969

Colected in Irwin district of WA

BURNS, [Cl.] Miss

fl.1890

Collected for Mueller at Richardson River, VIC

BURNS, S.G.

BURNS, Richard Alfred (Dick)

fl. 1980-2000s

Teacher, plant collector, author, TAS

notes

portrait

BURNS, Thomas Edgar*

1905-1983

Teacher, author, horticulturist, TAS

notes

portrait

BURNSIDE, D.G.*

1950-

BURRELL, J.C. ^^

fl. 1893

Collected at Pymble, NSW

BURRONS, (? Burrows)

fl. 1900

Collected in SA

BURROW, Robert John Gordon

1877-1957

Chief Inspector of Forests, NSW

notes

BURTALL, F.W. ^^

fl. 1889

Collected at Northampton Downs, QLD

BURTON, David

-1792

Gardener first fleet, convict supervisor, NSW

notes

BURTON, Dora, Mrs

fl. 1970s

BURTON, H.S.

Lithographer

BURTON, N. ^^

fl. 1892

Collected at Port Arthur, TAS

BURTON, R.C. 

fl. 1871-90

Surveyor Overland Telegraph, collected elsewhere

notes

BUSSELL, Charlotte Harriet, Miss

1858-1926

Plant collector, WA

notes

BUSSELL, Charlotte Josephine

1849-1929

Collected plants for Mueller in WA.

notes

BUSSELL, Edith Agnes, Miss

1854-1939

Station manager, plant collector, WA

notes

BUSSELL, Filumena Mary, Miss

1876-1944

WA plant collector (see note)

BUSSELL, Frances Louisa, Miss

1851-1925

WA plant collector (see note)

BUSSELL, Grace Vernon, Miss

1860-1935

Heroine of the 1876 Georgette shipwreck, WA plant collector (see note)

portrait

BUSSELL, Violet May, Miss

1869-?

Plant collector, WA

BUTCHER, Ryonen

fl.1990s-2000s

Botanist, taxonomist, consultant, WA

notes

portrait

BUTLER, Amy S. Miss

fl.1889

Teacher ladies college, South Yarra, collected at Windsor, VIC

BUTTLER, Ann Miss

fl.1887-88

Collected for Mueller at Dumaresq and Macintyre Rivers, NSW

BUTLER, Annie, Miss ^^

fl. 1860-90s

Painted published watercolours of Aust flora, collected NSW, QLD

BUTLER, Geoffrey

1951-

Plumber, horticulturist, nurseryman, consultant, ACT

notes

portrait

BUTLER, William Henry (Harry)

1930-2015

Naturalist, author, media personality, WA

notes

portrait

BUTLER, Rev. ^^

fl. 1893

Collected moss at Bathurst Harbour TAS

BUTZ, Mark

fl.1970s-2000s

Career national park manager, cultural historian, NSW, ACT

BYERLEY, Frederick John ^^

fl. 1881

Road engineer, collected at Rockhampton, Springsure, QLD

BYNOE, Benjamin, Dr

?1803-1865

Naval Surgeon, plant collector

notes 

BYRAM, William J. ^^

1864-1922

Solicitor, freshwater algae interest, collected QLD

BYRNE, A.

fl. 1857

Collected at Warrnambool, VIC

BYRNE, Elizabeth

fl. 1810-1849

Botanical engraver

notes

BYRNE, Geoffrey C. (Geoff)

fl.1990-2020s

Medical practitioner, plant collector, photographer, WA

notes

portrait

BYRNE, P.M. (sometimes J.) ^^

fl. 1880s

Pastoralist, collected at Charlotte Waters, NT

BYRNES, Norman Brice*

1922-1998

Botanist in Darwin, then Queensland Herbarium, NT, QLD

notes 

portrait

BYRNES, ^^

fl. 1898

Collected on lower Darling River, NSW