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

Jenny has a Diploma of Horticulture and was employed in the Alice Springs and Darwin herbariums for nine years when she first arrived in the Northern Territory.

She was then 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 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).

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
Portrait Photo: https://futurebeef.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2003_03_Barkly_Beef.pdf
Barkly Beef, Volume 9 Issue 1 March 2003

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

Data from 210 specimens