Purdie, Jenny L.   (fl. 1970s - 2020s)

Jenny has a Diploma of Horticulture from Burnley College of Horticulture, Melbourne.

She spent 10 years as a technical officer in the Northern Territory Herbarium (Alice Springs and Darwin) and, after retirement many more years as a volunteer at the Northern Territory Herbarium (Alice Springs).

For some time she was based in Darwin as the Principal Inspector (Meat).

Jenny was Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines (DPIFM) Regional Director from 1999 for five years during which time she assisted with various scientific studies across the region.

She had lived in the Territory for 39 years [in 2008] and before moving to the Barkly region had visited it on many occasions collecting plants for the herbarium, surveying dung beetles and inspecting abattoirs.

It wasn't until her retirement in 2004 that Jenny had enough time to compile the Barkly field guide, along with crucial input from Chris Materne and Andrew Bubb, titled 'A Field Gide to the Plants of the Barkly Region of the Northern Territory' (2008).

She has been on the board of Olive Pink Botanic Garden.

She has been a member of the Australian Plant Society Alice Springs for more than 17 years [in 2025].

A keen photographer, her main focus is on NT native flora and her photos have appeared in several publications by other authors.

Note
Most of her specimens appear to be listed in AVH with the initials before the surname.

Source: Extracted from:
Author profile in 'A Field Gide to the Plants of the Barkly Region of the Northern Territory' (2008)
https://daf.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/227725/0001_ar_dpif.pdf
Author profile in: Anne Urban's 'Wildflowers and Plants of Central Australia' (2025)
Portrait Photo: 2025, The Centralian Today, 7/5/2025

Collecting localities for 'Purdie, J.L. and J.L. Purdie' from AVH (2025)

Data from 210 specimens