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| WACE, Nigel Morritt | 1929-2005 | Geographer, weed/island ecologist, SA, ACT | ||
| WADDELL, Winifred Ellen, Miss | 1884-1972 | Teacher, writer, conservationist, VIC | ||
| WADDY, Julie Anne* | 1944- | Ethnobiological, language researcher, Groote Eylandt, NT | 
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| WADHAM, Samuel Macmahon , Prof., Sir | 1891-1972 | English-born agriculturalist, lecturer, Aust. from 1926, Melb. Uni., VIC | 
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| WAGER, Ellen Eva (married name CHAPPELL) | 1899-1974 | Watercolour flower painter, schoool teacher, WA | 
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| WAGSTAFF, Barbara E. | 1950- | Palynologist, University of Melbourne, VIC | 
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| WAITE, Edgar Ravenswood | 1866-1928 | Zoologist, biologist, Aust. Museum, NSW | 
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| WAKEFIELD, Norman Arthur | 1918-1972 | Teacher, naturalist, biologist, VIC | ||
| WAKLEY, E. Mrs | fl.1889 | Collected for Mueller in New England, NSW | 
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| WALCOTT, Pemberton | ?1835-1883 | Fisheries Inspector, explorer | 
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| WALKER, Alexander | fl. 1860 | 
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| WALKER, Anna (Annie) Frances, Miss | 1830-1913 | Wildflower painter, author, collector, TAS and NSW. | ||
| WALKER, Donald | 1928- | UK-born biogeographer, bogs, rainforest, UK, PNG, ACT | ||
| WALKER, H. Mrs | fl.1890 | Collected for Mueller inland QLD | 
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| WALKER, James, Rev. | 1794-1854 | Headmaster, Reverend, UK, NSW | ||
| WALKER, L.C. Mrs | fl.1893 | Collected for Mueller at Barcoo, QLD | 
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| WALKER, M.L. Mrs | fl.1894 | Collected for Mueller at Dunrobin, QLD | 
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| WALKER, Mary, Miss | fl.1890 | Collected for Mueller at Barcoo, Jericho, QLD | 
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| WALKER, Mary Elizabeth (as Mrs Mary WALKER) | 1848-1920 | Collected for Mueller in QLD | 
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| WALKINGTON, W.B. | fl. 1895 | 
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| WALKOM, Arthur Bache, Dr | 1889-1976 | Geologist, palaeobotanist, Uni.Qld, Aust.Museum Sydney, QLD, NSW | 
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| WALL, Clifford | fl. 1934-39 | SA government artist lithographer, weed illustrator, SA | 
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| WALLACE, Alfred Russell | 1823-1913 | Naturalist, explorer, evolution, Asia, UK | 
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| WALLACE, Benjamin (Ben) John* | 1947- | Botanist, horticulturalist, gardens curator, NSW, ACT | ||
| WALLACE, Ian | fl. 2000s | Orchardist, botanical artist, specialising in Banksia | 
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| WALLACE, M., Miss | 
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| WALLACE, Murray McAdam Hay | 1922-1994 | Entomologist, mites, pest control, regional bot. gdns, WA, NSW | ||
| WALLACE, Stephen Hubert Christian | 1888-1918 | Teacher, serviceman, VIC, WA | 
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| WALLACE, S. P. | 1955- | Curator Coffs Harbour Forestry Herbarium ~1990, NSW | 
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| WALSH, F. | 
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| WALSH, Gerry | fl.1980s-2000s | Orchid grower, collector, NSW | ||
| WALSH, Gwen Delores | 1914-1958 | SA Museum staff artist/photographer, SA | 
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| WALSH, H. | 
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| WALSH, Neville Grant | 1956- | Herbarium botanist, mainly Victorian, VIC | ||
| WALTER, Carl | 1831-1907 | Photographer, amateur botanist, museum classifier, VIC, NSW | 
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| WALTER, Erna, Mrs, (née SCHENCK) | 1893- | Lichenologist, wife of Heinrich (Karl) | 
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| WALTER, Heinrich (Karl) | 1898-1989 | German-Russian geobotanist, soil scientist, plant collector | 
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| WALTER, Mary, Mrs, (née CRONIN) | 1871-1974 | Collected extensively for Mueller (1887-1894) in WA | ||
| WALTERS, Neville Emlyn Morris | 1916-2004 | British born mycologist, CSIRO, live cultures, VIC | ||
| WALTON, John, Prof. | 1895-1971 | British botanist and paleobotanist, Prof. Glasgow University, UK | 
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| WANNAN, Bruce S. | 1959 | Botanist, collector, environmental scientist, NSW, QLD | ||
| WAPSTRA, Annie | 1942- | Tasmanian orchid collector, TAS | ||
| WAPSTRA, Hans | 1943- | Tasmanian orchid collector, TAS | ||
| WARBOYS, Warren | fl. 1970s-2000s | Horticulturist, Cranbourn Gardens, VIC | ||
| WARBURTON, Mary Egerton (later Mrs ROGERS) | fl. 1870 | Collected for Mueller in WA | 
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| WARBURTON, Peter Egerton, Major | 1813-1889 | Soldier, explorer, arid north SA | ||
| WARBURTON, Richard Egerton | 1840-1917 | Collected for Mueller in WA | 
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| WARBURTON, Winifred Egerton (later Mrs HASSELL) | 1880-1973 | Collected for Mueller in WA | 
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| WARBY, Queenie, Miss (familial name for one of 3 sisters) | fl.1894-95 | Collected for Mueller in NSW | 
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| WARCUP, John Henry | 1921-1998 | Mycologist, Waite Inst., orchid mycorrhizal fungi, UK, SA | 
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| WARD, Edward Naunton | 1871-1934 | Gardens Superintendent, RBG Sydney, VIC, NSW | 
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| WARD, Jan E. | fl. 1970s-1990s | Assistant to Frank Ingwersen, Parks and Conservation, Canberra, ACT | 
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| WARD, G. | fl. 1960s | 
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| WARDMAN, Ronald James | 1955- | Forestry researcher, ACT, TAS | 
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| WARDROP, Catherine | 1971- | Botanical illustrator, NSW | ||
| WARE, C.K. | 
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| WARHAM, A.J., Mrs | fl. 1957 | 
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| WARK, Margaret C. | fl. 1980s | Research scientist | 
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| WARREN, | fl. 1800 | Botanical engraver, London, UK | 
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| WARREN, William Henry | 1852-1926 | Civil Engineer, Prof Sydney Uni, NSW | ||
| WASSELL, Joseph Leathom Hole | 1908-1966 | Biological collector, insects and orchids, north QLD | ||
| WATANABE, Kuniaki | 1946- | Japanese cytologist, Asteraceae, Aust-wide collector, NSW | ||
| WATERHOUSE, Frederick George | 1815-1898 | Naturalist, Sth Aust museum curator, expedition, SA, NT | ||
| WATERHOUSE, J.L. | 
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| WATERHOUSE, John Teast | 1924-1983 | Botanist, university lecturer | 
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| WATERMAN, William ^^ | fl. 1846-50s | Gold prospector, Gardens overseer RBG Sydney, NSW | 
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| WATKINS, Dorothy M., Miss | fl. 1913 | School teacher, botanical artist, Sydney, NSW | 
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| WATKINS, George | 1848-1916 | Pharmacist, naturalist, QLD | 
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| WATLING, Roy, Dr* | 1938- | mycologist | 
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| WATLING, Thomas | 1762-c.1814 | Natural history artist, forger | 
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| WATSON, C., Miss | 
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| WATSON, Colin | fl. 1980s | Artist | 
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| WATSON, Edna Madge | 1925- | Cytologist, phytogeographer, plant collector, Bulbine, ACT | ||
| WATSON, Eric Mervyn, Dr | 1903-1971 | Phytochemist, lecturer Adelaide Uni, Perth Tech College, SA, WA | 
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| WATSON, Ina M. | fl 1960s | Radiographer, photographer, ornithologist | 
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| WATSON, J. | 
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| WATSON, L. | 
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| WATSON, Robert | fl. 1889 | 
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| WATTON, Geoffrey | c.1930- | Botanical photographer, esp. WA flora, banksias, SA | 
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| WATTS, Henry | 1828-1889 | Microscopist, phycologist, algae, VIC | 
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| WATTS, Gregory J. | 1955- | Director Coffs Harbour Forestry Herbarium ~1990, NSW | 
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| WATTS, J. | fl. 1820s | Botanical etcher and engraver, England | 
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| WATTS, S. | 1820-1845 | Botanical engraver | 
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| WATTS, William Walter, Rev. | 1856-1920 | Botanist (ferns & mosses), phytochemist, NSW | ||
| WAWRA von FERNSEE, Heinrich Ritter | 1831-1887 | Czech-Austrian ship surgeon, botanist-lichenologist, in Aust c.1868-71 | 
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| WEATHERHEAD, Frederick Horatio | 1881-1925 | Forester, VIC, QLD | ||
| WEBB, Colin James | 1949-2023 | NZ botanist, floral/sexual systems, mostly NZ | 
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| WEBB, Jim | 1926-2012 | Horticultural technician, ANU Botany Dept, ACT | ||
| WEBB, John Allan, Dr | fl. 2000s | Geologist, palaeobotanist, La Trobe University, karst landscapes, VIC | 
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| WEBB, Lucy (née MEW/S) | 1855-1938 | Collected for Mueller in WA | 
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| WEBB, L.T. | fl. 1848 | Author, botanist | 
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| WEBB, Leonard James, Dr | 1920-2008 | Botanist, rainforest ecologist, QLD | ||
| WEBB, Miss | fl.1889 | Collected for Mueller in St Vincent Gulf, SA | 
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| WEBB, W.H. | fl. 1901-10 | 
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| WEBB, William | ?1834-1897 | Dealer in natural history specimens, WA | 
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| WEBER | fl. 1880 | 
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| WEBER, Joseph Zvonko (Joe)* | 1930-1996 | Herbarium botanist, SA | ||
| WEBER, William Alfred | 1918-2020 | Lichenologist, bryologist, Professor, USA | ||
| WEBSTER, Grady Linder, Prof. | 1927-2005 | Botanist, Systematics Programme Director, USA | ||
| WEBSTER, Leonard Clarke | 1869-1942 | Pharmacist/medical practitioner, WA, TAS, NSW | ||
| WEBSTER, W., Rev. | fl. 1881 | 
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| WEDDELL, | fl. 1820s | Botanical engraver (did not visit Aust.) | 
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| WEEKS, R. C. | fl. 1960s | Lichen collector | 
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| WEGE, Juliet Ann | 1971- | Herbarium botanist, collector, ABLO, Stylidiaceae, WA | ||
| WEHL, Arthur (son of Dr. J.D.E. WEHL) | 
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| WEHL, Clara Christine Marie, Mrs | c.1833-1901 | Collected in Sth Aust, moved to Millicent in 1871. SA | 
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| WEHL, Ferdinand Edward ^^ | 1855-1908 | Collected Millicent Sth Aust, also Coolgardie, NSW, SA, WA | 
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| WEHL, Johann Dietrich Eduard (Edward) (also as Dr. P.D. WEHL) | 1823-1876 | Goldminer, physician, surgeon, mostly SA | ||
| WEHL, H.J. Mary, Miss - see WEHL, E.P.D. | fl. 1890s | 
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| WEHL, J. D. E., | 
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| WEHL, Louise Therese, (later Mrs MATTHIESSEN) | 1860-1952 | Collected for Mueller in SA | 
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| WEHL, Marie Magdalene | 1862-1960 | Collected for Mueller in SA, QLD | ||
| WEHL, Meta Agnes | 1875-1974 | Collected for Mueller in SA | ||
| WEIDENBACH, Maximilian Ferdinand ^^ | 1823-1890 | Egyptologist, horticulturist, artist, SA | 
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| WEINDORFER, Gustav | 1873-1932 | Diplomat, naturalist, chalet manager, VIC, TAS | ||
| WEINDORFER, Kate J., (née COWLE) | -1916 | Naturalist, wife of Gustav Weindorfer | 
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| WEIR, John | 
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| WEIR, Thomas | fl. 1887-90 | Collected Shoalhaven R., Cambewarra, NSW | 
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| WEITZ, Carl | fl. 1833-1857 | German botanical artist (did not visit Aust.) | 
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| WELCH, Marcus Baldwin | 1895-1942 | Economic botanist, chemist, NSW | 
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| WELLS, Julia Susanna (later Mrs HARRIS) | 1842-1911 | Collected for Mueller in WA | 
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| WELLSTEAD, J. | fl. 1909 | 
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| WENDEL, Abraham Jacobus | 1826-1915 | Dutch botanical artist (did not visit Aust.) | 
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| WENDLAND, Johann Christoph | 1775-1828 | European horticulturist, artist (did not visit Aust.) | 
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| WENHOLZ, H. | fl. 1912-13 | 
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| WENTWORTH, William Charles | 1885-1939 | Forester, NSW | 
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| WERNER, Colleen | fl. 2000s | Botanical illustrator, NSW | 
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| WEST, Judith Gay (Judy)* | 1949– | Botanist, herbarium director, parks science manager, ACT | ||
| WESTALL, William | 1781-1850 | Artist on the Investigator | ||
| WESTE, Gretna Margaret, Dr* | 1917-2006 | Botanist, mycologist wood pathologist, VIC | ||
| WESTERMAN, John | fl. 1970s | Botanical photographer | 
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| WESTMACOTT, Marion | 1940– | Botanical illustrator, NT, NSW | ||
| WESTON, Arthur Stewart, Dr | 1932-2019 | Botanist, ecologist, conservationist, collector, Costa Rica, WA, NT, SA | ||
| WESTON, Peter Henry, Dr* | 1956- | Herbarium research botanist, RBG Sydney, later Honorary Assoc, NSW | ||
| WESTON, Thomas Charles George | 1886-1935 | Gardener, parks administrator, NSW, ACT | ||
| WETMORE, Clifford | 1934-2020 | American lichenologist, well known for his work on cyanophilic lichens | 
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| WETTENHALL, Henry Norman Burgess, Dr | 1915-2000 | Physician, endocrinologist, naturalist, Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC | 
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| WEYMOUTH, William Anderson | 1841-1928 | Insurance assessor, bryologist, major collector, TAS | ||
| WHAITE, J. | 
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| WHAITE, T. | fl. 1940s-60s | 
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| WHALEN, Anthony J. | 1968- | Herbarium botanist, public servant, CSIRO manager, NSW, ACT | ||
| WHALLEY, Ralph Derwyn Broughton | 1933- | Botanist, conservationist, grassland ecologist, grasses, NSW | ||
| WHAN, William Taylor, Rev. | 1829-1901 | Presbyterian minister, botanical collector, phycologist, VIC | 
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| WHEELER, Christopher John | 1953- | Wildlife Resources officer | 
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| WHEELER, D. J. B. | fl. 1970s-80s | Botanist | 
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| WHEELER, Judith Roderick (Judy) | 1944- | Herbarium botanist, flora-writer, collector, SA, WA | ||
| WHEELER, W. F., Dr | fl. 1861-62 | Surgeon | 
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| WHETTON | 
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| WHIBLEY, David John Edward* | 1936-2002 | Adelaide Herbarium botanist, author, Acacia, SA | ||
| WHIFFIN, Trevor Paul, Dr | 1947- | Rainforest botanist, computer based ID, La Trobe Uni, VIC, NSW, QLD, PNG | 
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| WHINAM, Jennie | fl. 1980s-2020s | Sphagnum authority, peatland ecologist, TAS | ||
| WHINRAY, John Stuart* | 1940- | Naturalist, botanist, collector, Flinders Island, TAS | 
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| WHITBREAD, Greg | fl. 1980-2010s | Herbarium technician, digital data manager, ANH, ACT | ||
| WHITE, C. A. | 
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| WHITE, Charles | 1773-1794 | An engraver for the copperplates for Banks' Florilegium | 
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| WHITE, Cyril Tenison | 1890-1950 | Government Botanist, author, illustrator, QLD | ||
| WHITE, Douglas Elwood | 1910-1965 | Plant chemist | 
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| WHITE, Gordon J. | fl.1990 | Curator, Armidale Uni Herbarium, NSW | 
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| WHITE, Henry Luke | 1860-1927 | Grazier, philatelist, ornithologist, philanthropist, NSW | ||
| WHITE, John | c.1756-1832 | Surgeon-General, naturalist | 
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| WHITE, L. H. | 1906-07 | Lichen collector | 
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| WHITE, Mary Dunbar, Miss | 1910- | School teacher, artist | 
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| WHITE, Mary Elizabeth, Mrs | 1926-2018 | Palaeobotanist, author, NSW | ||
| WHITE, Samuel Albert (Capt.) | 1870-1954 | Ornithologist, plant collector, explorer, soldier, SA | ||
| WHITE, Tyrone | 
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| WHITE-HANEY, Rose Ethel Janet (Jean) | 1877-1953 | Australian-born woman botanist, prickly pear, VIC, QLD | ||
| WHITEHEAD, Brian | fl. 1960s-70s | 
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| WHITEHILL, Tony | fl. 1970s | 
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| WHITEHOUSE, Frederick William | 1900-1973 | Geologist, bryologist, naturalist, QLD | ||
| WHITELEGGE, Thomas | 1850-1927 | English-born museum assistant, and bryologist, Sydney, NSW | ||
| WHITFIELD, G. | 
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| WHITTAKER, Joseph | 1815-1894 | Teacher, gardener, UK, SA | 
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| WHITTERON, Frederick | fl. 1890-1901 | Bryologist | 
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| WIAKABU, Joseph (Joe) | ?-2007 | Field collector in Papua New Guinea, PNG | ||
| WIBURD, James Carvosso (Voss) | c.1866-1942 | Superintendent of Jenolan Caves, NSW | ||
| WICKHAM, John Clements, Capt. | 1798-1864 | Naval Officer, explorer | 
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| WIGHTMAN, Glen Mitchell* | 1961- | Herbarium botanist, ethnobotanist, mangroves, NT | ||
| WILCOX, James Fowler | 1823-1881 | Naturalist, voyager, collected for Norwich Museum and Mueller, PNG, NSW | ||
| WILCOX, Mary Anne (née WEST) | 1831-1892 | Collected for Mueller in NSW | 
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| WILD, Charles James | 1853–1923 | Bryophyte collector, acting Queensland Museum Director, QLD | ||
| WILES, James | 1768-1851 | Gardener/collector on Bligh's expedition | 
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| WILES, James | fl. 1890s-1906 | Botanist | 
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| WILHELMI, Johanna Friedrich Carl | 1829-1884 | Gardens administrator, botanist, anthropologist, SA, Vic, NSW | ||
| WILKIE, John Henry | 1902-1997 | Gold prospector, orchid collector, north QLD | ||
| WILKINS, Annie Mary, (née ADAMS) | 1874-1931 | Domestic worker, wildflower exhibitor, WA | 
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| WILKINS, Carolyn Frances | 1945- | Herbarium botanist, Malvaceae, Mirbelieae, WA | ||
| WILKINS, George Herbert | 1888-1958 | 
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| WILKINSON, Charles Smith | 1843-1891 | Surveyor, geologist, explorer, VIC | ||
| WILKINSON, Frederic Thomas (Tom) | 1921-2010 | Farmer, rural salesman, naturalist, | 
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| WILLIAM, M. [or Mr] | 
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| WILLIAMS, Ann | 
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| WILLIAMS, Florence Elizabeth | 1833-1915 | Artist, natural history painter, UK, NSW, TAS | 
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| WILLIAMS, John Beaumont* | 1932-2005 | Botanist, ecologist, NSW | 
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| WILLIAMS, Keith Albert Walter | 1916-2003 | Psychiatric nurse, photographer, naturalist, author, QLD | 
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| WILLIAMS, Lindley D. | 
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| WILLIAMS, Reginald George* | 1935- | Bushwalker | 
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| WILLIAMS, W. Lloyd | -1968 | Teacher, naturalist, author, editor | 
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| WILLIAMS, William Thomas, Dr | 1913- | Numerical taxonomist | 
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| WILLIAMSON, Herbert Bennett | 1860-1931 | Teacher, botanist, naturalist, VIC | ||
| WILLIAMSON, Kathleen Mary | 1939- | Tasmanian orchid collector, TAS | ||
| WILLIAMSON, Ronald Herbert | 1931- | Tasmanian orchid collector, TAS | ||
| WILLING, Timothy David (Tim)* | 1950- | Plant collector, horticulturist, tour guide, Kimberley, WA | ||
| WILLIS, H. | fl. 1892 | 
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| WILLIS, James Hamlyn, Dr* | 1910-1995 | Botanist, herbarium director, author, photographer, VIC | ||
| WILLS, F. C. | fl. c.1900 | Illustrator, ?QLD | 
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| WILSON, A. B. | fl. 1980S | Biologist | 
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| WILSON, Annette Jane Gratton | 1960- | Botanical editor, author, collector, WA, ACT | 
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| WILSON, Barbara | fl. 1980S | Biologist | 
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| WILSON, Ernest Henry | 1876-1930 | English-born, Asian plant collector, Arnold Arb, Asia, UK, Aust, USA | ||
| WILSON, F. Douglas | fl.1960s-1990s | American botanist, geneticist, Hibiscus, Texas, Arizona, USA, NT | 
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| WILSON, Francis Robert Muter, Rev. | 1832-1903 | Presbyterian minister, amateur botanist, VIC | 
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| WILSON, Herbert Ward, Major | 1877-1955 | Educationalist, naturalist, illustrator, VIC | ||
| WILSON, Hugh D.* | 1945- | Botanist | 
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| WILSON, James, Rev. | 1855-1937 | Congregational minister. fungi collector | 
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| WILSON, Janet (Jan) | 1942- | Photograph curator, Australian National Botanic Gardens | ||
| WILSON, John Bracebridge | 1828-1895 | Headmaster, phycologist, naturalist, VIC | ||
| WILSON, Karen Louise (née SOLLING) | 1950- | Herbarium botanist, nomenclaturist, Casuarinaceae, NSW | ||
| WILSON, L. L. | fl. 1930s-80s | 
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| WILSON, Margaret Anne (née MENADUE) | 1942- | Botanical artist, WA | ||
| WILSON, Matilda, Mrs, [née KING] | 1837-1909 | Flower painter | 
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| WILSON, Paul Graham* | 1928- | Herbarium botanist, writer, SA, WA | ||
| WILSON, Peter Gordon * | 1950- | Herbarium botanist, Myrtaceae, Sydney, NSW | ||
| WILSON, R. M., Rev. | fl. 1896 | Lichen collector | 
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| WILSON, Samuel, Sir | 1832-1895 | Pastoralist, politician | 
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| WILSON, Thomas Braidwood | 1792-1843 | Surgeon, explorer, pastoralist | 
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| WILSON, Trevor C. | fl.2000s | Botanist, pollination biologist, Lamiaceae, Canada, NSW | ||
| WIMBUSH, Dane John | 1934-2015 | Alpine ecologist, CSIRO, ACT, NSW | ||
| WINDHORK,* | 1939- | Taxonomist | 
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| WINKWORTH, Robert E. | fl. 1954-1965 | CSIRO scientist, rangeland research, plant collector, NT | ||
| WINNECKE, Charles George Alexander | 1856-1902 | Surveyor, botanist, explorer, Horn Expedition, SA, NT, QLD | ||
| WINTER, | fl. 1925-32 | 
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| WINTER, R. J. | 
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| WINTLE, S. H. | fl. 1880s | Naturalist | 
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| WISE, Lilian (Lillie) Millicent (later Mrs CATER) | 1882-1965 | Collected for Mueller in VIC | 
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| WISE, Mary Isabel, Miss | 1882-1955 | Botany teacher, law clerk | 
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| WISKICH, Joseph Tony (Joe) | 1935- | Botantist, plant pysiologist Adelaide Uni, SA | 
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| WISSMANN, Hans Joachim* | 1929-2018 | German-born, Aust from 1955, herbarium Botanical Technical officer, NSW | ||
| WITHERS, Augusta Innes (Baker) | ?1793-1864 | Botanical artist, (did not visit Aust.) | 
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| WITHERS, G. A. | fl. 1951 | 
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| WITTWER, Ernst (Ernie)* | 1919-1990 | Swiss-born nurseryman, parks superintendent, WA | 
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| WITTWER, Magda | fl. 1960s | Plant conservation mapper in WA | ||
| WOELKERLING, William James (Bill) | 1941- | US-born phycologist, academic, Aust since 1966, USA, SA, VIC | ||
| WOLLASTON, Elise Margaretta Dr* | 1922-2012 | Phycologist, field naturalist, Adelaide Uni, SA | ||
| WOLLASTON, K. H. | fl. 1915 | Photographer | 
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| WOLLASTON, Tullie Cornthwatte | 1863-1931 | Opal miner, author 'Our Wattles', SA | 
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| WOMERSLEY, Hugh Bryan Spencer* | 1922-2011 | Botanist, phycologist, university lecturer, SA | ||
| WOMERSLEY, John Spencer | 1920-1985 | Forest botanist, gardens director, PNG | ||
| WOOD, A. E. | fl. 1950s-80s | mycologist | 
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| WOOD, Anthony John ("Tony") | 1942-2018 | Statistician, rock climber, orchid photographer and author, ACT | 
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| WOOD, Charles Bedingfield, Dr | fl. 1860s | 
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| WOOD, Daisy Frances, Mrs* (née Bail) | 1894- | Flower painter, VIC | ||
| WOOD, Joseph Garnett, Prof. | 1900-1959 | Ecologist, botanist | 
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| WOOD, Richard D., Prof. | 
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| WOOD-JONES, Frederic | 1879-1954 | Medical officer, anatomist, zoologist, UK, SA, VIC | ||
| WOODLAND, Poh Siang* | 1938- | University botanist, UNE, Eupomatia, NSW | ||
| WOODS, J. E. Tenison, see TENISON-WOODS | 
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| WOODS, T. N. | 
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| WOODWARD, H. | fl. 1885 | Geologist | 
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| WOOLCOCK, Collin Elwyn | 1914-1990 | Orchidologist, painter, plant Illustrator, VIC | ||
| WOOLLS, William, Rev. Dr | 1814-1893 | Anglican Dean, author, schoolmaster, botanist, NSW | ||
| WOOLSTENCROFT, John Young | 1871-1957 | English-born Aust. naturalist, tree photographer, Gippsland, VIC | 
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| WOOSTER, W. H. | fl. 1881-89 | Entomologist | 
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| WORTH, F. H. | 
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| WRIGHT | fl. 1926 | 
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| WRIGHT, H. S. | 
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| WRIGHT, William | fl. 1860s | Pastoralist | 
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| WRIGHT, W. B., see CALDER | 
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| WRIGLEY, John Walter | 1934-2014 | Gardens Director, author, botanist, horticulturalist, ACT, NSW | ||
| WUERFEL, Adolph | 
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| WUNDER, Helmut | 1940- | Lichenologist | 
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| WUTH, E., Dr | fl. 1874-76 | 
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| WUTH, Eliza née WATSON | 1841-1925 | Collected for Mueller in QLD | 
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| WUTH, Ernst Magnus Dr. (or wife Eliza Wuth) | 1833-1885 | German-born medical doctor, Aust from 1858, or his wife, QLD, | 
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| WYATT, Robert A. (see Robert Edward WYATT below) | fl. 1960s-80s | Bryologist | 
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| WYATT, Robert Edward | 1950- | US university botanist, ecologist, bryophytes, USA, QLD, WA | ||
| WYCLIFFE, G. | 
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| WYNDHAM, Arthur Wakefield | c.1872-1936 | Apiarist, NSW | 
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| WYNNE, Michael James, Prof* | 1940- | Phycologist | 
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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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