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| McADAM, Jennie E. Miss | fl.1889 | Collected for Mueller near Swan Hill, VIC | 
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| McALISTER, Edward James* | 1942- | Horticultural botanist; botanic gardens/zoo manager, SA | yes | |
| McALPINE, Daniel | 1849-1932 | Botanist, mycologist, author, VIC | ||
| MCALPINE, D.K. | fl. 1972 | 
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| MACARTHUR, Elizabeth | 1769-1850 | Wildflower painter, NSW | 
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| MACARTHUR, William, Sir | 1800-1882 | Horticulturist, vigneron, agriculturalist, NSW | ||
| McARTHUR, Capt. | fl. ?1848 | 
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| McARTHUR, Kathleen | 1915-2000 | Wildflower painter, conservationist, QLD | ||
| McAULAY, Alexander Leicester | 1895-1969 | Physicist, teacher, chromosome botanist, TAS | 
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| McAULIFFE, Edward Joseph (Joe) | 1971- | Horticulturalist, nursery manager, photographer, ACT | ||
| McBARRON, E.J. | fl. 1955 | Veterinary officer, botanist | 
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| McCAHON, Judith, Miss | fl. 1960s-80s | Photographer | 
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| McCANN, Annie Bellew (née McDonald) | 1838-1924 | Postmistress, poet, embroiderer, collected for Mueller in VIC | portrait | |
| McCANN, Ian, R. | 
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| McCANN, Mona Anna Clare | c.1872-1930 | Collected for Mueller at Snowy Creek, VIC | 
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| McCARTHY, Patrick Martin | 1955- | Irish-born lichenologist and botanist, editor, VIC, ACT | ||
| McCAULAY, Alexander Leicester, Prof | 1895-1969 | Biophysician | 
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| McCOMB, Arthur James | 1936- | Professor of Environmental Science at Murdoch Uni, WA | ||
| McCOMB, Jennifer Anne, Dr | 1943- | Botanist | 
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| McCOMISH, Ida, Mrs (née Evans) | 1885–1978 | Botanical artist and collector, Aust, NZ and Pacific | 
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| McCOMISH, James Doran, Capt. | 1880-1948 | Botanist, historian, Aust, NZ and Pacific | 
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| McCORMICK, Robert | 1800-1890 | Assistant surgeon | 
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| McCOY, Frederick, Prof. Sir | 1823-1899 | Museum director, naturalist | 
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| McCRAE, Thomas | 1830s-1901 | Artist | 
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| McCRAITH, Gerald | 1909-2009 | Businessman, orchid enthusiast, photographer, philanthropist, VIC | ||
| McCUBBIN, Charles Wilson* | 1930- | Author, illustrator, naturalist | 
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| McCULLOCH, Joseph | fl. 1885 | 
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| McCUSKER, Alison, Dr | 1933-2015 | Botanist, involved with early 'Flora of Australia', NSW, Africa, ACT | ||
| MACDONALD, Dr | fl. ?1850s | Zoologist | 
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| MACDONALD, Donald | 1857-1932 | Journalist, naturalist | 
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| MACDONALD, Ross | fl. 1970s | Botanist, mycologist, writer | 
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| MACDONALD, William | fl. 1889-95 | 
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| McDONALD, Elizabeth | 1910-2007 | Wildflower painter, author, NSW, QLD | ||
| McDONALD, H. | fl. 1950s | 
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| McDONALD, J.A. | fl. 1882 | 
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| McDONALD, J.J. | fl. 1970s | Botanist | 
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| McDONALD. L. | fl. 1964 | 
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| McDONALD, Maurice William | fl. 1996 | Botanist (esp. acacias and eucalypts), FRI curator, ACT | 
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| McDONALD, Nellie, Miss | fl.1886-97 | Collected for Mueller in SA | 
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| McDONALD, Terence John | 1935- | Botanist | 
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| McDONALD, William J. F. (Bill) | 
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| McDONNELL, Pam | fl.1970 | Technician, Canberra Botanic Gardens Herbarium, ACT | 
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| McDOUGALL, Miss | fl.1885 | Collected for Mueller at Murtoa, VIC | 
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| MACDOUGALL, Ormond Campbell | 1848-1896 | Inspector of Watering Places, NSW | 
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| MACE, Jenny | fl.2010s | Botanical artist, based in Barcaldine, 'Desert Uplands', QLD | 
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| McEWAN-MASON, Jennifer Ruth Cleminger | 1956- | Palynologist | 
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| McEWEN, Marion C., Mrs | 
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| McEWEN [McEWAN], (Mrs HEYWOOD) | fl.1892 | Collected lichens for Mueller in TAS | 
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| MACFARLANE, John Neil* | 1939- | Farmer, naturalist | 
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| MACFARLANE, Samuel | 1877-1911 | Missionary | 
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| McFARLAND, Anthony Noel | 1938-2018 | US-born entomologist, Aust 1965-78, SA Museum, SA, QLD, WA, USA | ||
| MACFARLANE, Terry Desmond* | 1953- | Herbarium botanist, monocots, collector, databasing, WA | ||
| McFAYDEN, R.E., Dr | fl. 1980S | Botanist | 
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| McGANN, Leslie Roy | 1935- | Research forester, WA | 
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| MACGILLIVRAY, John | 1821-1867 | Collector, naturalist on 'Fly' and 'Rattlesnake' expeditions, NT, QLD, TAS, PNG | ||
| MACGILLIVRAY, Paul Howard, Dr | 1834-1895 | Scientist | 
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| MACGILLIVRAY, William David Kerr, Dr | 1867-1933 | Medical practitioner, ornithologist, collector, QLD, VIC, NSW | ||
| McGILLIVRAY, Donald John (Don)* | 1935-2012 | Herbarium botanist, Grevillea specialist, NSW | ||
| McGLYNN, Fiona | fl. 2000s | Botanical illustrator | ||
| McGLYNN, William Henry | 1876-1956 | Teacher of tanning | 
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| MACGOWAN, T. | 
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| McGRAITH, Gerald | 
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| McHARD, Mary Ann, (née JONES) | 1825-1912 | Collected for Mueller in WA | ||
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| McINTYRE, Keith | fl.1970s-1980s | Horticultural research officer, ANBG (then CBG), later a turf authority, ACT | 
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| McINTYRE, Sue | fl.1980s-2010s | Botanist, ecologist, CSIRO, Mulligans Flat, ACT | ||
| MACKAY, Duncan F. | fl.1960s-1990s | Agronomist, New England Uni, Armadale, NSW | 
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| MACKAY, John | 
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| McKEAN, John Leonard | 1941-1996 | Ornithologist, CSIRO Wildlife, bird-bander, VIC, ACT, NT | 
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| MACKAY, Keith David (David)* | 1958- | Botanical artist, university botanist, ecologist, PNG, NSW, | ||
| McKEE, Hugh Shaw, = MACKEE, Hugh Shaw | 1912-1995 | Botanist, biochemist, lecturer, collector, New Caledonia, NSW | ||
| McKELLAR, Jane Campbell | 1852-1936 | Collected for Mueller in QLD | 
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| MACKENZIE, Daniel | fl. 1775-1800 | Botanical engraver UK, never came to Australia | 
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| McLENNAN, John Paul | 1870-1921 | School-teacher, Burnley College principal, author, VIC | ||
| MACKLIN, Ellen D., Miss | fl. 1920s | Botanist | 
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| McKIBBIN, John Nelson | 1828?–1900 | School teacher, orchidologist | 
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| McKIE, Ernest Norman, Rev. | 1882-1948 | Presbyterian minister agriculturalist, agrostologist, NSW | 
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| McKINLAY, John | 1819-1872 | Explorer, pastoralist, NSW, SA, NT, QLD | ||
| McKINNON, A.D. | ?1859-1928 | collected with Cambage, R.H. in 1909 | 
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| McKINNON, Fiona | 1947- | Botanical artist | 
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| McLACHLAN, Robert | 1837-1904 | Zoologist | 
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| MACLAGAN, S.J. | fl. 1960-65 | 
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| MACLAINE, Emily Anne, (née SALIER) | 1844-1897 | Collected for Mueller on islands off TAS | 
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| MACLAINE, John Duart | 1877-1947 | Grazier, naturalist, (son of Emily MacLaine) Bass Straight Islands, TAS | 
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| MACLAINE, J.H. | fl. 1893 | 
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| McLAUGHLIN, Ada Mary (née Norton<)/p> | 1881-1963 | Teacher, grazier, QLD | ||
| McLEAN | fl. 1918-50 | 
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| McLEAN, John | fl. 1820-36 | Gardens Superintendent | 
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| McLEAN / MACLEAN, S. Miss | fl. 1894 | Collected for Mueler in Wimmera, western VIC | 
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| McLEAN, Sue | 1951- | Botanical artist, born UK, now in VIC | ||
| MACLEAR, John Fiot Lee Pearse, Capt | fl. 1870s | Royal Navy officer | ||
| MACLEAY, Alexander | 1767-1848 | Colonial Secretary horticulturist, entomologist, NSW | ||
| MACLEAY, George, Sir | 1809-1891 | Explorer, pastoralist, politician | 
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| MACLEAY, William John, Sir | 1820-1891 | Scientist, pastoralist, politician | 
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| MACLEAY, William Sharp | 1792-1865 | Scientist, naturalist, NSW | ||
| McLENNAN, Charles Henry | 1854-1915 | Dingo trapper, mallee, Ranger Wilsons Prom. Nat Pk, VIC | ||
| McLENNAN, Ethel Irene, Prof. | 1891-1983 | Botanist, phycologist, mycologist, illustrator, VIC | ||
| McLENNAN, John Paul | 1870-1921 | School-teacher, Burnley College principal, author, VIC | ||
| McLEOD, Judyth, Dr | fl. 1985 | Botanist, horticulturist | 
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| McLEOD, R.G. | 
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| McLEOD, Reginald | fl. 1930s | 
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| McLUCKIE, John, Dr | 1890-1956 | Ecologist, botanist, author, Sydney Uni from 1925, NSW | 
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| MACMAHON, Philip | 1857-1911 | Irish-born horticulturist, garden curator, forestry director, India, QLD | ||
| McMASTER, C.J. | fl. early 1900s | 
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| MACMILLAN, Angus | 1810-1865 | Explorer, pastoralist, Gippsland, VIC | 
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| MACMILLAN, Bryony H., Miss | fl. 1970s | Botanist | 
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| MACMILLAN, Marion | fl.1971 | Technician, horticulturist, Canberra Botanic Gardens, ACT | 
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| McNAIR, Donald Livingston | 1920-2014 | Auto-electrician, plant collector, botanist, botanical teacher, NSW | ||
| McNAUGHTON, J. | fl. 18905 | 
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| McNEUR, Ian A, | 1921- | Ecologist, horticulturist | 
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| McNUTT, Andrew | 1885-1969 | 
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| MACOBOY, Kenneth Stirling (Bill) | 1927-2005 | Plant photographer, horticultural writer, author, NSW | ||
| MACONOCHIE, John Richard* | 1941-1984 | Herbarium botanist, SA, NT, (Africa, Oman UAE) | ||
| McPHAIL, Michael K. | fl. 1980 | Palynologist | 
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| McPHEE, A. | 
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| MACPHERSON, Ken | 1914-1995 | Orchid breeder and collector, north QLD | ||
| MACPHERSON, P. | fl. pre-1900 | 
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| MACPHERSON, W. Alexander | fl. 1870s-90s | Gardener, museum attendant, QLD, NSW | 
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| MACPHERSON, W.S. | 
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| McRAE, A. | 
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| McRAE, R.F. | 
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| MACVEAN, W. | 
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| McVEAN, Donald, Dr | fl. 1966-70 | Moss and lichen collector | 
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| MCWHAE, Kathleen, M., Dr, (née PIKE) | 1927- | Botanist, palynologist | 
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| McWILLIAM, James Ormiston, Dr | 1808-1862 | Surgeon | 
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| MADDEN, Annie Eliza (later Lady Madden) (née FRANCIS) | 1845-1924 | Collected for Mueller in VIC | 
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| MANIFOLD, Mrs | fl.1891 | Collected for Mueller in VIC | 
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| MADIGAN, Cecil Thomas | 1889-1947 | Geologist, explorer | 
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| MADSEN, Monica Osterkamp | fl. 1990s | Botanical illustrator | 
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| MAGUIRE, T.E. | 
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| MAIDEN, Joseph Henry | 1859-1925 | Gardens Director, botanist, eucalyptologist, author, bibliographer, NSW | ||
| MAIDEN, Mary | fl. 1911 | Botanical illustrator (daughter of J.H. Maiden), NSW | 
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| MAINE, Albert Russell | 1919- | zoologist | 
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| MAIR, Herbert Knowles Charles* | 1909-1999 | Botanist, Canberra, Darwin,later Gardens Director, Syd., ACT, NT, NSW | ||
| MAKINSON, Robert Owen (Bob) | 1956 | Botanist, Grevillea specialist, NSW, CANBR Herbaria, ACT | ||
| MALAHIDE, Lord Talbot de, see TALBOT de MALAHIDE | 
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| MALASPINA, M. | 
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| MALCOLM, Clive Vincent | 1933-2006 | Dept Agriculture WA, saltland remediation advocate, WA | ||
| MALCOM, C.R. | fl. 1980s | Agronomist | 
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| MALLARD, Mrs | fl. 1840s | Algae collector | 
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| MALLINSON, David (Dave) James | 1951-2022 | Botanical assistant, Aust National Herbarium, Canberra, ACT | ||
| MALONEY, Betty | 1925- | Botanical artist, NSW | 
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| MALPAS, W.T. | 
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| MANGLES, George | fl. 1830s | Horticulturist | 
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| MANGLES, James, Capt. | 1786-1867 | Naval Commander, UK, WA | 
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| MANGLES, Robert | fl. 1830s | 
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| MANN, L. | fl. pre 1900s | 
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| MANSBRIDGE, W.O. | fl. 1895 | 
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| MANSFIELD, C. | fl. 1902 | 
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| MANTON, Charlotte (née WILKINSON) | 1811-1896 | Collected for Mueller in VIC | 
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| MAPLESTONE, Charles M. | 1838-1914 | Public servant. naturalist | 
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| MARSHALL, W. | fl. 1900s | Botanical artist, mostly eucalypts for R.T. Baker, NSW | 
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| MARCHANT, Neville Graeme, Dr | 1939- | Herbarium botanist, PERTH, WA | ||
| MARECHAL, Nicholas | fl. 1800-1803 | Botanical artist, engraver | 
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| MARKES, Mrs | fl. 1895 | Collected for Mueller at Murchison R., and Coolardie, WA | 
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| MARKS, Elizabeth Nesta | 1918-2002 | Entomologist | ||
| MAROSKE, Ian Otto* | 1928- | Teacher | 
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| MARRFURRA, Patricia | 1958- | Aboriginal artist, NT | ||
| MARRINER, George Henry | 1853-1928 | Taxidermist, son of Colac nurseryman George Marriner, VIC | 
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| MARRIOT | 
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| MARRIOTT, Ida [Mrs C.B.], (née LEE) | 
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| MARRIOTT, Neil R. | 1951- | Nurseyman, photographer, author, Grevillea authority, VIC | ||
| MARRYATT, Rosemary G., Mrs, (née REES) | 1940- | Forest botanist, teacher, NZ, ACT | 
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| MARSH, Jack Albert | 1938- | Teacher, ecologist | 
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| MARSHALL, W. | fl. early 1900s | Botanical artist, NSW | 
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| MARTIN, Flora Mary (née Campbell) | 1845-1923 | Collected plants for Mueller, fungi for Cooke, fungi artist, TAS, VIC | 
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| MARTENS, Conrad | 1801-1878 | Landscape artist, ocasionally painted trees, Beagle, NSW | ||
| MARTENS, Georg Matthias [Matthaeus] von | 1788-1872 | Botanist | ||
| MARTENSZ, Peter Nigel | 1942-2014 | Born Ceylon, botanist, editor, mostly in Canberra, ACT | ||
| MARTIN | fl. 1911-16 | 
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| MARTIN, Anthony R.H. | 1926- | British-born plant ecologist and palaeobotanist, UK, S.Africa, NSW. | 
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| MARTIN, D.C. | fl. 1892 | 
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| MARTIN, Flora M., Mrs, (née CAMPBELL) | -1923 | Fungi collector, farmer | 
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| MARTIN, Helene Alice, Dr | fl. 1950s-85 | Botanist, palynologist | 
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| MARTIN, J. | pre 1900 | 
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| MARTIN, James, Dr | 
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| MARTIN, M.S., Miss, see PERCIVAL | 
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| MARTIN, Peter Gordon | 1923-1994 | Biologist, geneticist, naturalist, Adelaide Uni, SA | ||
| MARTIN, T.C. | fl. 1887 | 
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| MARTYN, Jack | fl.1980s | Forester, rural firefighter, QLD | 
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| MARYON, J.E.C. | fl. 1916 | 
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| MASLIN, Bruce Roger* | 1946- | Herbarium botanist, Acacia specialist, illustrator, WA | ||
| MASON, L. | fl. 1980s | Illustrator | 
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| MASON, Ruth* | 1913- | Botanist | 
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| MASSARD, | fl. 1820s | Botanical engraver | 
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| MASTER, C.J.M. | 
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| MASTERMAN, Edith Mervinia Mrs | 1901- | Botanical artist | 
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| MASTERS, George | 1837-1912 | Horticulturist, naturalist, entomologist, museum curator, VIC, NSW | ||
| MATARCZYK, Julie A. | fl. 1990s-2000s | Botanist, weeds, herbarium databasing, ACT, NSW | ||
| MATCHWICK | fl. 1851 | 
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| MATERN, Chris | fl.1990s-2020s | Pastoral Production Officer, ranger, NT | ||
| MATHESON, Robert Sackville* | 1913- | Geologist | 
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| MATTHEWS, P. | fl. 1960s | 
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| MATTHEWS, S.A. | 
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| MATTHEWS, W.F. | 
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| MATTHIAS, Ian Geoffrey | 1940- | Geologist, orchid, fern, collector, NSW, ACT | ||
| MATTINGLEY, Arthur Herbert Evelyn | 1870-1950 | Customs officer, naturalist, ornithologist, conservationist, VIC | ||
| MATTISKE, Elizabeth Mary, Dr, (née HEDDLE) | 
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| MAUND, Sarah | 1819-1909 | Botanical artist, England, UK | 
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| MAURITZON, J. | fl. 1930s | 
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| MAXWELL, George | 1804-1880 | Dealer in natural history specimens, WA | 
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| MAXWELL, L.C. | fl. 1916 | 
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| MAY, A.W.S. | 
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| MAY, Marjorie, Mrs (née Hall) | 1940- | Botanical illustrator, laboratory assistant, CSIRO Foresty, VIC, ACT | 
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| MAY, Thomas William (Tom) | fl.1980s-2020s | Mycologist, macro-fungi, Fungimap, VIC | ||
| MAY, Valerie* | 1916- | Botanist, phycologist | 
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| MAYFIELD, Enid | 1945- | Botanical artist, VIC | 
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| MAYNARD, David John | 1975-2021 | Horticultural officer, botanical keys, botanical consultant, NT, NSW | portrait | |
| MAYR, Ernst Walter | 1904-2005 | German-American evolutionary biologist, taxonomist, explorer, world, PNG | 
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| MEADLY, George Richard William | 1909-1994 | Botanist | 
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| MEAGHER, David Anthony | 1958- | Moss taxonomist, collector | 
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| MEARES, Richard Goldsmith | 1780-1862 | Resident Magistrate | 
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| MEARES-KROON, Pietre | fl.1990s | Amateur flower painter, mostly un-named, un-vouchered, Aust-wide | ||
| MEDWELL, Lorna M. | fl. 1950 | Housewife, paleobotanist | 
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| MEEBOLD, Alfred Karl | 1863-1952 | Botanist, writer, anthropologist, NZ | ||
| MEIER, | 
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| MEIKLE, Robert Desmond | 1923-2021 | Irish/English botanist, plant nomenclature, RBG Kew, UK | ||
| MEIN, G. A. Dr | fl. 1886 | Medical practitioner, Riverina district | 
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| MELLBLOM, Florence, Mrs | ?-1983 | Orchidologist, photographer | 
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| MELVAINE, Alma T. = LEE, Alma T. | 1912-1990 | Botanist, initially CSIRO Canberra, later Herbarium Sydney, NSW | ||
| MELVILL, James, Cosmo | 1845-1929 | Botanist, conchologist | 
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| MELVILLE, Frank | fl. 1940s | 
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| MELVILLE, George F. | fl. 1930s | 
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| MELVILLE, Ronald Dr* | 1903-1985 | British chemist, botanist and plant geographer, UK, AUST, NZ. | ||
| MELVIN, S. | fl. 1880s | 
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| MENADUE, Margaret Anne | 1942- | Botanical artist, Aust, USA, Europe, WA | ||
| MENNEGA, Alberta Maria Wilhelmina, Dr | 1912- | Botanist | 
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| MENZEL, Oscar Ernest | fl. 1890s-1900s | Established Aldgate Nursery, near Adelaide, SA | 
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| MENZIES, Archibald | 1754-1842 | Ship's surgeon, botanist, WA | ||
| MEREDITH, Louisa Anne, (née TWAMLEY) | 1812-1895 | Botanical artist, author, collected for Mueller in TAS | ||
| MERRALL, Edwin | ?1844-1913 | Gold prospector | 
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| MERRICK, Mary, Miss | 1897- | Botanic gardens librarian, stenographer, NSW | 
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| MERRIFIELD, Mary Philadelphia, (née WATKINS) | 1804-1889 | Phycologist | 
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| MESSMER, Pearl R. [Mrs C.A.] | fl. 1940s-50s | Orchidologist, NSW | 
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| MESTON, Archibald | 1851-1924 | Police commissioner, journalist, explorer, NSW, QLD | ||
| METCALFE, Peter Herbert | 1853-1913 | Medical officer Norfolk Island, Pacific islands, NSW, NI | ||
| METTI, Yola | fl.2010s | Canadian, PhD in Sydney, algae, NSW | 
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| MICHAEL, Norman, (Canon) | 1884-1951 | Anglican clergyman, QLD | 
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| MICHAEL, Peter William | fl. 1960s-80s | Agricultural botanist | 
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| MICHELE, W.A. | fl. 1904 | 
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| MICHELL, Carie | 1971-2002 | Botanist, Northern Territory Herbarium, NT | ||
| MICHELL, Jean-Baptiste | fl. 1770s | Engraver, UK | 
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| MICHOLITC [MICHOLICZ], W. | 1854-1932 | 
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| MICKLOUHO-MACLAY, Nikolaj Nikolajevitch | 1846-1888 | Russian naturalist, scientist, NSW, PNG, QLD | 
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| MIDGLEY, Stephen J. | fl.1970-2020s | Forester, CSIRO Tree Seed Centre, Asia consultant, ACT, Asia | ||
| MIFSUD, Brett M. | c.1969- | Teacher, musician, tree-climber, tree photographer, VIC, TAS | ||
| MILDBRAED, J. | 
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| MILEWSKI, Antoni Vincent | 1952- | Zoologist-botanist, ecologist, megaherbivores, Africa-Aust, WA | ||
| MILLAR, Alan James Kenneth* | 1957-2022 | Australian phycologist, algal collector, diver, VIC, NSW | ||
| MILLER, Constance | 1889-1968 | Western Australian watercolour artist, WA | 
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| MILLER, J. | 
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| MILLER, James | fl. 1770s | Botanical artist, England, worked on Parkinson's plates, UK | 
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| MILLER, Joseph Thomas (Joe) | fl. 2000s | USA born botanist, phylogenist, Acacia specialist, ACT, WA | ||
| MILLER, John Frederick | 1759-1796 | Botanical artist, UK | 
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| MILLER, Victor Henry | 1875-1974 | 
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| MILLETT, Mervyn Richard Oke* | 1910-1988 | Eucalyptologist, forest climatologist, editor, ACT | 
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| MILLETT, R | fl. 1930s | Collected on Black Mtn, Canberra, ACT (probably same as above) | 
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| MILLIGAN, A.W. | fl. early 1900s | 
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| MILLIGAN, Joseph, Dr | 1807-c.1884 | Surgeon, Superintendent of Aborigines, TAS | ||
| MILLINGTON, Betty M.B., Mrs* | 1927- | 
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| MILLS, Kevin | fl.1980s-2020s | Botanist and ecologist, Illawarra district, NSW | ||
| MILLS, Margaret Bridget (Biddy)* | 1916-2008 | Naturalist, artist, collector, quangdongs, WA | ||
| MILNE, Edmund | 1861-1917 | Stationmaster, railway commissioner, ethnologist, NSW | ||
| MILNE, Josephine (Pina) | 1957- | Herbarium botanist, cryptogams, National Herbarium of Victoria, VIC | ||
| MILNE, William Grant | 1886 | Gardener | 
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| MILTON | fl. early 1800s | Engraver, UK | 
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| MINCHAM, Hans | 1912-2007 | Teacher, museum ed. officer, author, SA | 
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| MINCHIN, Edward William | 1852-1913 | Artist, WA, VIC, NSW | 
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| MINCHIN, James Henry | 1858-1919 | Herbarium officer, artist, WA, NSW | 
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| MIRIAM, Anita, Miss | 1955- | Botanical Illustrator | 
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| MITCHELL, Andrew Arthur* | 1949- | Agronomist, botanist, author, WA, NT | ||
| MITCHELL, Andrew C. | 1967- | Consulting botanist, weeds, north QLD, ACT | ||
| MITCHELL, Andrew Stewart* | 1952- | Botanist (NT) | ||
| MITCHELL, E.A., see GREEN | 
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| MITCHELL, Thomas Livingstone, Major Sir | 1792-1855 | Natural scientist, Surveyor General, author, VIC, NSW, QLD | ||
| MICHELL, W.A. | fl.1903 | Mining engineer, NW Aust, sent plants to Kew via W.N. Winn, WA | 
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| MJOBERG, Eric Georg | 1882-1938 | Disgraced Swedish naturalist, anthropologist, WA, QLD, NSW, VIC | ||
| MOCATTA, Houlton Walters | c.1864-1957 | Forester, QLD | 
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| MOIR, A.J. | fl. 1890-1904 | 
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| MOIR, Mali | 1960- | Botanical artist, VIC | ||
| MOLE, Fanny Elizabeth de | 1835-1866 | Flower painter in SA | ||
| MOLESWORTH [MOLESWORTH-ALLEN], B.E.G., see ALLEN | 
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| MOLINEUX, Albert | 1832-1909 | Horticulturist, naturalist, editor, publisher, SA | ||
| MOLLEMANS, Frans Henricus* | 1956- | Botanist, ecologist | 
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| MOLLOY, Georgiana, Mrs, (née KENNEDY) | 1805-1843 | Colonial wife and botanical collector, WA | ||
| MOLYNEUX, William Mitchell | 1935- | Nurseryman, photographer author, VIC | 
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| MONAGHAN | fl. 1924-33 | 
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| MONSALDI, Antoine Maxime | 1768-1816 | Botanical engraver, Paris, France | 
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| MONSMA, Mary S., Miss | 
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| MONTAGNE, D.M. | fl. 1837-39 | Botanist | 
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| MONTROUZIER, Pere Xavier | 1820-1897 | Naturalist, Marist Catholic Priest | 
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| MOON, Henry George | 1857-1905 | English flower painter, illustrator (didn't visit Australia), UK | 
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| MOONEY, O. Miss | fl.1867-69 | Collected for Mueller (fern spores) in VIC | 
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| MOORE, A. and J.H. | fl. 1871-1892 | 
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| MOORE, Charles | 1820-1905 | Gardens Director, botanist, author, NSW | ||
| MOORE, Charles William Edwin (Ted) | 1908-2003 | Ecologist, CSIRO pastoral plant specialist, NSW, ACT | ||
| MOORE, George Fletcher | 1798-1886 | Advocate-General | 
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| MOORE, H. | 
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| MOORE, J.B. | fl. 1890s | 
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| MOORE, Lucy Beatrice, Dr* | 1906-1987 | Botanist, mainly NZ with a few Aust. collections, NZ | ||
| MOORE, Newton James, Sir | 1870-1936 | Surveyor, engineer politician, WA | ||
| MOORE, Percival Byron (Percy) | 1924-2010 | Horticulturist, nursery manager, Anglican minister, VIC, ACT | 
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| MOORE, Philip William | 1939-2022 | Physicist, self-educated botanist, author, photographer, NSW | ||
| MOORE, R.S. | 
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| MOORE, Spencer le Marchant | 1850-1931 | Botanist, explorer, Brazil, WA | 
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| MOORE, Thomas Bather | 1850-1919 | Prospector, naturalist, TAS, QLD, NSW | ||
| MOORE, W.E. | 
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| MOORE, William Dalgety | 1835-1910 | Pastoralist, businessman, WA | 
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| MOORS, Philip | 
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| MORAN, Gavin Francis James | 1949- | Forestry botanist, ANU, CSIRO, ACT | 
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| MORCOMBE. Michael Keith | 1938- | Naturalist, photographer, WA | 
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| MORETON, Ann | fl. 1970s-80s | Ecologist | 
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| MORGAN, Henry Arthur | 1870-1952 | Station property manager | 
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| MORGAN, Moss, Mrs | fl. 1940s | 
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| MORGAN, Roger | fl. 1980 | Palynologist | 
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| MORLEY, Brian Derek, Dr | 1943- | Botanist, consultant, author, Botanic Gardens Director, Adelaide, SA | ||
| MORLEY, June | 1941- | Botanical artist, wife of Brian, SA | 
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| MORRIS, Albert | 1886-1939 | Metallurgist, arboriculturist, Broken Hill, SA, NSW | ||
| MORRIS, Dennis Ivor* | 1924-2005 | Agronomist, illustrator, herbarium botanist, TAS | ||
| MORRIS, Keith David | 1953- | Biologist, collected Pilbara region 1980s-90s, WA | 
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| MORRIS, Noreen, Dr | fl. 1970-85 | Palaeobotanist | 
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| MORRIS, Patrick Francis (Frank) | 1896-1974 | Herbarium botanist, ABLO, Melbourne, VIC | ||
| MORRISBY, John Robert | 1832-1923 | Tasmanian property owner, TAS | 
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| MORRISON, Alexander, Dr | 1849-1913 | Government Botanist, naturalist, WA | ||
| MORRISON, Frank Richard | 1895-1967 | Botanist-chemist, worked on essential oils | 
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| MORRISON, Herbert Alan* | 1901-1984 | Engineer, chemist, photographer | 
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| MORRISON, J.H. | fl. 1870s-92 | Collected in VIC | 
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| MORRISON, Phillip Crosbie | 1900-1958 | Naturalist, author, photographer, VIC | ||
| MORRISON, William | -1846 | Gardener, collector, West Indies, WA, TAS | 
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| MORRISSEY, John Graham* | 1938- | Botanist, agronomist | 
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| MORSE, Jock | fl. 1984 | Botanist, collected N Queensland and PNG, QLD | 
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| MORT, Eirene, Miss | 1879-1977 | Botanical artist, NSW | 
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| MORTON, G.H. | 
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| MORTON, L. | 
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| MORTON, William Lockhart | 1820-1898 | Pastoralist, explorer writer, VIC | 
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| MOSCAL, Antonius Mircea (Tony) | 1928-2017 | Naturalist, bushman, conservationist, plant collector, TAS | 
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| MOSEL, Ian | 1944- | Palaeobotanist | 
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| MOSELEY, Henry Nottidge | 1844-1891 | Naturalist | 
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| MOSS, Gary | f.1970s | Artist, illustrated eucalypts for Ian Brooker | 
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| MOSSMAN, Samuel | fl. 1850s | 
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| MOTT | fl. 1892 | 
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| MOULE, S. | fl. 1911 | 
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| MOULEN, Fred | fl. 1958 | Orchidologist | 
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| MOUNTFORD, Charles Pearcy | 1890-1976 | Historian, botanist, ethnologist, photographer, SA, NT | ||
| MUDD, Christopher | 1852-1920 | Forester, botanist, lecturer | 
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| MUDGEE | 
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| MUELLER / MÜLLER, Clara Christine Maria (later Mrs WEHL) | 1833-1901 | (Mueller's sister), Collected for Mueller in SA. | ||
| MUELLER, Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von, Baron, Sir | 1825-1896 | Botanist, pharmacist, author, explorer, Gardens Director, VIC | ||
| MUELLER, Max, Dr | fl. 1952-55 | Botanist, ecologist with Snowy Mountains Scheme, NSW | ||
| MUFFET, Brian | fl. 1970s | ANBG Nursery manager, native plant nurseryman, ACT, SA | 
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| MUIR, B.G. | fl. 1970s | 
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| MUIR, Eric | 
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| MUIR, Eric Thomas | 1908-1994 | Railway worker, collector, VIC | 
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| MUIR, Thomas | 1833-1926 | Pioneer farmer | 
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| MUIR, Thomas Bruce* | 1929-2003 | Herbarium botanist, editor, orchids, VIC | 
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| MULCAHY, Tim R. | fl.1990s | Horticulturist, Aust National Botanic Gardens, ACT | 
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| MULDER, John Frederick | 1841-1921 | Taxidermist, naturalist | 
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| MULDOWNIE, Claire | fl. 1970s | Botanical illustrator, Perth, WA | 
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| MULIGAN | 
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| MULLER, C.J. de [D.] | fl. 1854 | ?Taxidermist | 
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| MULLIGAN, James Venture | 1837-1907 | Explorer | 
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| MULLINS, Effie | 1925-2013 | Naturalist, Canberra Botanic Gardens staff, ACT | 
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| MUNIR, Ahmad Abid, Dr* | 1936–2025 | Herbarium botanist, botanical artist, SA | ||
| MUNTZ, Coryl I., Mrs, (née SKEWES) | ?1950s-1982 | Herbarium assistant, bryologist | 
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| MUNVILLUMBAK | fl. 1890s | 
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| MURDOCH, J.R. | 
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| MURFET, Denzel | 1957- | Herbarium, orchid collector, SA | ||
| MURPHY, Andrew | 1850-1930 | Eucalypt seed collector | 
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| MURPHY, E. | 
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| MURPHY, Percy Joseph | 1888-1958 | Eucalypt seed collector (son of Andrew Murphy, above), NSW | 
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| MURRAY, Annie, Miss | fl. 1894-95 | Collected for Mueller at Clarence River, NSW | 
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| MURRAY, B. Jean, Miss | fl.1920s-1931 | Adelaide Uni, veg. Lake Torrens Plateau, SA | 
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| MURRAY, Henry Thomas Ayrton | fl. 1860-76 | 
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| MURRAY, James Patrick | 1839-c.1885 | Irish-born surgeon, expeditioner, murderer, VIC | ||
| MURRAY, Miss | fl. ? | Collected for Mueller in WA | 
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| MURRAY, Mrs | fl.1883-85 | Collected for Mueller in Gippsland, VIC | 
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| MURRAY, N.D., Dr | fl. 1980s | Botanist | 
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| MURRAY, Patrick J. | 
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| MURRAY, Reginald Augustus Frederick | 1846-ob. | Geologist, explorer | 
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| MUSGRAVE, A., Capt. | fl. 1874 | Surgeon | 
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| MUSGRAVE, Elaine | fl. 2000s | Botanical illustrator, NSW | ||
| MUSSON, Charles Tucker | 1856-1928 | Science teacher | 
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| MUST, Jennifer (Jenny) (née Purdy) | fl. 1960s-70s | Technical assistant, Alice Springs Herbarium from 1966, NT | ||
| MYGIND, Ferenc; Baron Franz Mygind | 1710-1789 | Born in Denmark, botanist, chemist, Viennese court counsellor | 
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| MYLNE | fl. 1850s | Algal collector | 
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Surnames (Family names) starting with: 
  A     B     C 
      D     E     F 
      G     H     I 
      J     K     L 
      M     N     O 
      P-Q     R     S 
      T     U-V     W 
      X-Y-Z 
* = information contributed by the collector/illustrator themselves (to Willis et al) pre 1986
^^ = information from: George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA.
 
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