Participants in the
Volunteer Botanical Training Program

1993

1994

Jennifer Burge-Lopez (UTS)
Kenneth Er Boon Hwee (ANU)
Karina Fitzgerald (UC)
Alexandra Gartmann (ANU)
Rodney Jones (UNE)
David Judge (UC)
Ann Langston (Jenkinson) (UC)
Jeanette Mill (UM) (graduate)
Jenny Pena (ANU)

1995

1996

1997

1998

Justin Armstrong (ANU)
Ahmed Basyoni (ANU)
Sebastian Buckingham (LTU)
Bronwyn Collins (USYD) (graduate)
Laura Giesel (UC)
Katherine Harrington (ANU)
Kirsten Knox (UTS)
Emma Lumb (ANU)
Wendy Mason (JCU)
Andrea Mayes (UC)
Jo McNair (JCU)
Stig Pedersen (ANBG)
Christopher Pennay (MU)
Lyndal Spear (CIT)
Trent Whitehead (CSU)

1999

Leonie Badham (ANU)
Genevieve Bolling (UMINN) (graduate)
Symeon Bourd (CSU)
Greg Campbell (BBG)
Cindy Chan (ANU)
Ailsa Christie (AU)
Vera Cruickshank (ANU)
Will Cuddy (UNSW)
Julia Evans (UWS)
Eleanor Hearder (ANBG)
Sally Madden (MRU) (graduate)
Amanda McDonald (UTS)
Nell Newman (UNE)
Trudy O'Connor (AU) (graduate)
Kirsten Overeem (ANU)
Gillian Towler (MU)
Kerry Walsh (JCU) (graduate)
Catherine Watt (MU)

2000

Nicky Bruce (ANU)
Tim Coutts (ANU) (graduate)
Deb Edwards (ANBG)
Angelo Feliu (CIT)
Sue Fletcher (ANU) (graduate)
Megan Hewett (DU)
Emma Lewin (ANU)
Caroline Pampling (CSU)
Anarkali Papalkar (UN)
Matthew Rizzuto (UNE)
Helen Rommelaar (UM)
Monica Ruibal (ANU)
Alison Skinner (ANU)
Kimberly van Niel (ANU) (graduate)
Sharon Wing (UM)
Purdey Wong (USYD)

2001

Cameron Allen (GU)
Agustina Arobaya (JCU) (graduate)
Jennifer Blacklock (CIT)
David Bourke (CIT)
Craig Cosgrove (ANBG)
Tim Davis (SCU)
Laura DeMink (UMINN) (graduate)
Matthew Flinn (UM)
Heather Gill (TAFE Tasmania and CIT) (graduate)
Madeleine Osborn (UM)
Renee Wierzbicki (UM)
Nerys Morgan (CIT)
Yvonne Pearce (UQ)
David Sparks (UQ)
Janet Sparrow (USYD)
Peter Turner (UC)
Renee Watson (ANU)
Valeria Venezia (UNITO) (graduate)

2002

Leanne Brown (ANU)
Liz Brown (MU)
Sharon Brown (UNE)
Alaina Casey (UN)
Jean Clarke (Janet Cosh Herbarium, UW)
Mojca Debevec (UTS)
Joe Halloran (UC)
Erin Kimball (BU) (graduate)
Adam Leavesley (ANU)
Alexandra Packer (ANU)
Ngaire Nunn (CQU)
Sonia Purcell (ANU)
Tony Roberts (JCU) (graduate)
Leahwyn Seed (UNE)
Tom Taverner (UNE)
Kathleen Taylor (UQ)
Justin Teague (UM Burnley)

2003

Kate Alexander (CSU)
Simon Dwyer (MON)
Ruth Fleming (CIT)
Lana Heydon (UQ)
Molly Hicks (ANU)
Kylie Johnson (FU)
Laura Maurice (LCC) (graduate)
Peter McCrorey (USYD)
Angelina McRae (UC)
Jessica Newton (CSU)
Katherine Nelson (MON)
Lyndsey Vivian (MON)
Ian Warren (UTAS) (graduate)
Leilani Weier (UQ) (graduate)
Petra Wilhelm (UW)
Prudence Wing Sze Ng (ANU)
Mark Williams (UM) (graduate)
Jessica van der Werff (UM)

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2004

Heather Brownlie (USC)
Naomi Brydon (ANU)
Rachel Carter (UC) (graduate)
Paul Cheeseman (ANU)
Rachael Corvisy (UC)
Janis Drake (ANU)
Conny Garbe (UASE)
Owen Harrod (ANU)
Tara Hopley (MON) (graduate)
Jenny Liles (ANU)
Kim Lundman (CIT)
Robert Mason (MU)
Chris McCarthy (UQ) (graduate)
Jacqui McKinnon (CIT)
Andrew Thornhill (MON) (graduate)
Jemma Walshe (Forestech) (graduate)
Hayley Woodward (UM) (graduate)

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2005

Janice Boddice (GU)
Troy Brown (USC)
Mason Campbell (JCU)
Julie Cathie (USC)
Puiyee Cheung (CASE)
Anthony Davidson (MON)
Kirsty Elwell (UTS)
Amber Grimley (JCU)
Jo Hamilton (CIT)
Bobbie Hitchcock (LTU)
James Hitchcock (UTS)
Sally Jacka (CD)
Susan Jalaluddin (UNE)
Jacqueline Jenkins (CSU Wagga)
Katrina Mackerras (ANU)
Alanna Murdoch (UTS)
Lorraine Owens (CIT)
Alice Rentsch (MON)
Peter van Eeten (LTU)

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2006

Lucy Ahrendt (UM Burnley)
Melita Baum (ANU)
Richard Brackin (UQ)
Victoria Challinor (ANU)
Meredith Cosgrove (ANU) (graduate)
Dianne Glenn (CSU)
Martine Goldner (UTS)
Bok-mun Ho (USA)
Mathew Irwin (USQ)
Gillian Lee (DEH)
Emrys Leitch (AU)
Jane Lloyd (DU)
Phillipa Lloyd (RHS)
Irwan Lovadi (JCU)
Alistair McTaggart (UQ)
Katharine O'Bryan (CSU Albury)

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2007

Nicole Busby (ANU)
Bokyung Choi (UTAS / KH)
Robyn Collis (UN)
Rainbo Dixon (UM)
Charlotte Hurry (MON)
Melina McDowell (CD)
Jessica Miller (UN)
Kate Tak Yee Ko (UNSW)
Senilolia Tuiwawa (ANU)
Catherine Viney (CU) (graduate)

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2008

Erin Batty (UM)
Alice Blackwood (UNSW)
Dan Creevey (UQ)
Kathryn Godman (ANBG)
Aaron Mulcahy (UN)
Sabrina Norris (UM)
Diana Richards (Vic EPA/UM)
Danielle Romiti (WCT)
Lavinia Schofield (CSU)
Ming Sheng Toh (MON)
Daniel Warner (QUT)
Caroline Wilson (DU)

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2009

Kate Brooks (USC)
Valerie Cheater (CIT)
Lesleigh Davis (MSIT) Regan East (ANU)
Michelle Greenfield (UNE) Duncan Jardine (JCU)

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2010

Alicia Brown (MON)
Jonathan Carr (UN)
Francis Carter (UB) (graduate)
Samantha Cullen (JCU)
Maree Elliot (UN)
Michele Marron (JCU)
Lawrence Mou (UTS)
Kylie Singh (CSU)
Priyanka Suryanarayanan (ANU)
Clare Vincent (NEC)

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2011

Carol Booth (CIT)
Sofia Jonsson (UNE)
Patrick Mickan (UC)
Desmond Ng (ANU)
Naeko Omomo (UTAS)
Chong Ren Ong (ANU)
Anna Senior (UW)
Nonglak Sopakayoung (UNE)
Jenna Taylor (UNE)
Steven Varga (UTAS/MU) (graduate)
Sue Shuyin Zhang (UM)

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2012

Richard Boyne (QUT)
Jacqueline Britton (CSU)
Clement Daw (UN)
Shelomi Doyle (CSU)
Laurel Fowler (UN)
Jenifer French (ECU)
Laura Johnson (ANU)
Blake Kuiper (UN)
Sarah Mannel (JCU)
Laura Williams (AU)

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2013

Chris Flood (ANU)
Emily Gardiner (UN)
Wade Gilbert (MSIT)
Stephanie Creer (UNSW)
Gemma Bach (UW)
Joanna Li Yung Lung (ANU/UBC)

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2014

Mathew Coggan (ANU)
Peter Feilen (ANBG)
Andrew Gardiner (UQ)
Eric Kataoka (ANU/UFSCar)
Olivia Leal-Walker (MU)
Shana Nerenberg (ANU)
Holly Price (FU)
Rosie Vatchenko (UC/CIT)
Eleanor Velasquez (QUT)
Carolyn Vlasveld (MU)
Katherine Willis (UW)

2015

Alice Duong (UM)
Daniel Fisher (RBGE, UK)
Heather Forbes (RBGE, UK)
Jessica Gardner (UNSW)
Stephanie Johnson (LTU)
Alu Kaiye (PNG DEC)
David Martin (UN)
Ruth Palsson (UNE)
Johanna Taylor (USYD)
Ross Young (CU)

2016

Hamish Barr (HT)
Daniel Cleaver (HT)
Zachariah Cotter (UN)
Tate Hancox (AU)
Corinne Jackson (SCU)
Seon-Hee Kim (SU)
Patricia Nagle (USYD)
Julie Percival (ANBG)
Saiba Sharmeen (MON)
Guy Taseski (UNSW)
Isabel Zeil-Rolfe (UQ)

2017

Freya Clarke (ANU)
Sofea Ishak (UNSW)
Jason Lewis (Don McNair Herbarium, UN)
Shirley McLaran (UNE)
Molly Rowe (USYD)
Claudia Schipp (UQ)
Brittany Turner (UC)
Alison Walker (USA)

2018

Daniel Austin (TSA)
Edward Calaby (UC)
Judith Ferneley (CSU)
Rosella Hampshire (ANBG)
Shih-Wen Huang (UM)
Rosemary Hulak (UNE)
Luke Richmond (UC)
Alex Santiago (LTU)
Sebastian Schrimpf (CU)
Lucy Wenger (ANU) (graduate)

2019

Kent Bennett (UM)
Peter Bredell (ANBG)
Nicole Clayton (LTU)
Alexander Czajka (UQ)
Natalia Dusanovic (UM)
Matthew Mullaney (UC)
Ruby Stephens (USYD) (graduate)
Bonni Yare (UN)

2020

Tamera Beath (ANBG)
John Brooks (CSU)
Amy Buckner (LTU)
Bianca Charles (LTU)
Jiayi Chew (ANU)
Peter Gray (UW)
Tasha James (UC)
Anna Lemon (CDU)
Lachlan McRae (UN)
Lily Mickaill (UN)

2021

Declan Blackburn (UM)
Daniel Conlon (UW)
Michael Gould (UW)
Zachary Hewertson (ANU)
Julia Hutton (UW)
Gillian Kowalick (UNSW)
Lucy McClymont (ACS)
Joseph O'Connell (UC)
Matthew Pearson (CQU)
Acacia Stevenson (BNIT)
Melea Vera (CIT)

2022

Saoirse Aherne (UW)
Sonya Chamberlain (QUT)
Brianna Cronin (UQ)
Charlie Gluskie (UW)
Morgan Howard (UW)
Daniel Juarez (QUT)
Xadia Kirby (USC)
Kira Lowe (UW)
Vicki Miller (ANU)
Emma Sugden (ANBG)

2023

Saphira Bloom-Quinn (UU /LMU)
Maria Cadiz (UCM)
Lacey Cornall (CSU)
Patrick Draper (UW)
Brioney Ferguson (UW)
Jose Hinojosa (UCM)
Callum Lawler (UC)
Lizha Pakiding (UC)

2024

Julia Appapoulay (UC)
Emily Barbaro (UNE)
Lisa Collins (UNE)
Hugh Coppel (ANU)
Bobby Croft (UNE)
Carolina Dolan (ANU) (graduate)
Luke Hush (UC)
Nevada Sagrim (UC)

Tertiary Institution abbreviations

ACS ‐ ACS Distance Education
ANBG ‐ Australian National Botanic Gardens, ACT
ANU ‐ Australian National University, ACT
AU ‐ University of Adelaide, SA
BBG ‐ Booderee Botanic Garden, NSW
BNIT ‐ Brisbane North Institute of Tafe, QLD
BU ‐ Boston University, USA
CASE ‐ Case Western Reserve University, USA
CD ‐ Charles Darwin University, NT
CIT ‐ Canberra Institute of Technology, ACT
CQU ‐ Central Queensland University, Qld
CSU ‐ Charles Sturt University, NSW
CU ‐ Curtin University, WA
DEH ‐ Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Heritage
ECU ‐ Edith Cowan University, WA
DU ‐ Deakin University, Vic
FU ‐ Flinders University, SA
GU ‐ Griffith University, Qld
HB ‐ Herbarium Bogoriense, Bogor, Indonesia
HT ‐ TAFE NSW Hunter Institute
JCU ‐ James Cook University, Qld
KSU ‐ Kharkov State University, Ukraine
KH ‐ Kyung Hee University, Korea
LCC ‐ Lambton College, Canada
LMU ‐ Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
LTU ‐ Latrobe University, Vic
MON ‐ Monash University, Vic
MRU ‐ Murdoch University, WA
MSIT ‐ Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE, Qld
MU ‐ Macquarie University, NSW
NEC ‐ TAFE NSW National Environment Centre, Thurgoona, NSW.
PNG DEC ‐ Department of Environment and Conservation, Papua New Guinea
QSBG ‐ Queen Sirikit Botanic Gardens, Chiang Mai, Thailand
QUT ‐ Queensland University of Technology, Qld
RBGE ‐ Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Scotland
RHS ‐ Royal Horticultural Society UK, Rosemoor
SCU ‐ Southern Cross University, NSW
SU ‐ Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
TSA ‐ TAFE SA Urrbrae Campus, SA
UASE ‐ University of Applied Sciences of Eberswalde, Germany
UB ‐ University of Ballarat, Vic
UBC ‐ University of British Columbia, Canada
UC ‐ University of Canberra, ACT
UCM ‐ Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile
UFSCar ‐ Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil
UM ‐ University of Melbourne, Vic
UMINN ‐ University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
UN ‐ University of Newcastle, NSW
UNE ‐ University of New England, NSW
UNITO ‐ University of Turin, Italy
UNSW ‐ University of New South Wales, NSW
UQ ‐ University of Queensland, Qld
USYD ‐ University of Sydney, NSW
USA ‐ University of South Australia, SA
USC ‐ University of the Sunshine Coast, Qld
USQ ‐ University of Southern Queensland, Qld
UTAS ‐ University of Tasmania, Tas
UTS ‐ University of Technology, NSW
UU ‐ Uppsala University, Sweden
UW ‐ University of Wollongong, NSW
UWS ‐ University of Western Sydney, NSW
WCT ‐ West Coast TAFE, WA