Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators (A)

ABBOTT, Francis, Jnr

1834-1903

Gardens Superintendent, Hobart, TAS

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ABID, Munir. A.. See MUNIR

ABRAHAMS, L.

fl. 1910

ABRAHAMSON, Ada

fl. 1890s

Amateur seaweed collector, WA

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ACKLAND, Judith Joan

fl. 1960s

Botanist

ADAIR, Robyn

1962-

Botanist

ADAM, P.

Ecologist

ADAM, William Keith

?1860-1900

Stock-owner, plant collector, WA

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ADAMS, David Boner

1900-1951

Mycologist, plant pathologist

ADAMS, Laurence George (Laurie)*

1929-2014

Herbarium botanist, CSIRO Canberra, ACT

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portrait

ADAMS, Mary Annie or Annie Mary, see WILKINS

1874–1931

ADAMS, Miss

fl. 1889

Collected on the River Murray

ADAMS, Nilavan

fl. 2000s

Botanical artist, ACT

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portrait

ADAMS, Robin*

1953-

Botany Teacher

ADAMS, Ronald

1934-

Botanical illustrator based in Adelaide, SA

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ADAMS, T.W.

fl. 1900s

ADAMSON, Frederick M.

fl. 1836-58

Pioneer settler near Melbourne, VIC

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ADAMSON, Robert Stephen

1885-1965

Botanist

ADAMSON, S. W. ^^

fl. 1896

collected near Uralla, NSW

ADAMTHWAITE, A.E. ^^

fl. 1891

collected along R. Murray, NSW

ADCOCK, George Henry

1860-1931

Schoolmaster, Geelong; viticulturist Rutherglen, VIC

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ADCOCK, T. ^^

fl. 1888

collected Airey Inlet, VIC

ADIAN, G. I. ^^

fl. 1885

collected in VIC

AGARDH, Jakob Georg

1813-1901

Swedish botanist, phycologist, never visited Australia

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portrait

AHMED, Amanda

fl. 2000s

Botanical artist, VIC

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portrait

AIRY SHAW, Herbert Kenneth*

1902-1985

Botanist, classicist, lifetime based in Kew, UK

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portrait

AITKEN, R.T.

fl. 1921

ALBISON, K.W.

fl. 1932

Botanist

ALBRECHT, David Edward*

1962-

Herbarium botanist, VIC, NT, TAS, ACT

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portrait

ALCOCK, Charles Raymond (Ray)*

1921-2015

Agronomist, plant collector, weed specialist, SA

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portrait

ALCOCK, Ernest Simpson

Agricultural adviser

ALCOCK, H.W. ^^

fl. 1896

collected Swan River District, WA

ALCOCK, Kath

1925-2023

Botanical artist, field naturalist, collector, SA

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portrait

ALCORN, John Leonard*

1937-2021

Biologist, mycologist. lichenologist, phytopathologist, QLD

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ALDERSEY, Mary Ann

1825-1906

School-teacher, collected for Mueller, McLaren Vale, SA

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ALDRIDGE, H.E.

fl. 1899

collected Maryborough, QLD

ALEXANDER, Wilfrid Backhouse

1885-1965

Botanist, ornithologist, museum curator, Opuntia, WA, VIC

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portrait

ALFORD, Brian P.

fl. 1970s

Teacher

ALKIN, Thomas Verrier, Rev.

1838-1921

Anglican clergyman, Toowoomba QLD; various NSW

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portrait

ALLAN, D.

fl. 1891

collected at Colombo near Bega, NSW

ALLAN, J.

fl. 1860s

collected in Gippsland, VIC

ALLAN, J.S. or J.L. (or Allen)

fl. 1890s

Forest ranger, various parts of NSW

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ALLAN, Keith Maxwell

1950-

Botanical illustrator

ALLAN, Margaret Forbes,

1924-

Bank clerk

ALLEN, A. ^^

fl. 1896

collected at Mossman Bay, QLD

ALLEN, Betty Eleanor Gosset, Mrs* née MOLESWORTH

1913–2002

Botanist, cryptogamist

ALLEN, Beverly

fl. 2000s

Botanical illustrator, NSW

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ALLEN, Charles Ernest Frank

1876-1939

Gardens curator, Darwin, NT

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ALLEN, Grace Adelaide

1871-1940

Collected in Qld for Mueller, QLD

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ALLEN (ALLAN), John ^^

fl. 1840s

collected fungi on Murrumbidgee R.

ALLEN, William Tucker

1846-

expedition collector, Kimberley, WA; western VIC

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ALLEN, Miss (? Catherine) ^^

1863-

collected at Penola, SA; Bass Str. islands, TAS

ALLENDER, Bruce

Botanist, phycologist

ALLENDER, Marie Joyce*

1917-1995

Naturalist, herbarium technician, VIC

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ALLEY, Neville

fl. 1980

Palynologist

ALLISON, J. ^^

fl. 1998

collected at Bathurst, Dubbo, NSW

ALLITT, William

1828-1893

Gardens curator, nurseryman, Portland, VIC

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ALLPORT, Joseph

1800-1877

Solicitor, horticulturist, TAS

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portrait

ALLPORT, Mary Morton, Mrs.

1806-1895

Wildflower painter, TAS

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ALLPORT, Morton

1830-1878

Naturalist, painter, TAS

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portrait

ALPHER, Barry Jacob

1940-

Linguist, anthropologist

ALTENA, August Constant, van

1920-2015

see: VAN ALTENA - Dutch-born forester, Aust from 1952, QLD

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portrait

ALTHOFER, George W.

1903-1993

Nurseryman, botanist, author, founder of Burrendong Arboretum, NSW

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ALTHOFER, Hazel J.

1920 -

Propagator, Burrendong Aboretum superintendent, NSW

ALTHOFER, Peter McDowell.

1918-1991

Horticulturist, Burrendong Arboretum superintendent, NSW

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portrait

AMERY,

fl. 1887

collected at Glenrowan, VIC

AMTSBERG, Heinz

fl. 1980s

City Gardener, palaeobotanist

ANDERSON, Alexander ^^

fl. 1890s

collected on Blackall Ra. QLD

ANDERSON, A.W.

fl. 1930s

Mostly collected in Canada, a few in Aust.

ANDERSON, David

fl. 1770s

ANDERSON, E.M.

ANDERSON, E.R.

fl. 1960s-70s

QLD

ANDERSON, James

1797-1842

Gardens Superintendent, Sydney, NSW

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ANDERSON, Jill, Mrs, see CULLIMORE

ANDERSON, John

?-1847

Colonial Botanist, Gardens Director

ANDERSON, J.S.

fl.1900

Architect, wildflower painter, WA

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ANDERSON, M.L.

fl. 1870

collected lichens in Australia

ANDERSON, N.D.

fl. 1967-79

NSW

ANDERSON, Robert Henry

1899-1969

Gardens Director, Botanist, NSW

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portrait

ANDERSON, Robert John

1952-2012

Chemotaxonomist, uni lecturer, VIC, SA

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ANDERSON, Ross

1862-1945

Pastralist near Roebourne, later Kendenup, WA

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ANDERSON, T.

1832-1870

Collected in Middle East, India, Indonesia, NSW

ANDERSON, William

1750 - 1778

Surgeon, botanist on Cooks 2nd voyage

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ANDERSON,

fl. 1888

Farmer, politician, Tas; Port Fairy, VIC

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ANDERSON, Miss ^^

fl. 1898

collected at Lake Boga and Wimmera, VIC

ANDERSSON, Nils Johan

1821-1880

Botanist, lecturer at Lund, Stockholm, collected on voyages

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ANDRAE, Hans ^^

1883-1890

collected around Pulpulla & Cobar, NSW

ANDREWARTHA, Herbert George, Prof.*

1907-

Zoologist, entomologist, Adelaide, SA

ANDREWS, Cecil Rollo Paton

1870-1951

Education Director, botanist, Perth, WA

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ANDREWS, Charles William, Dr

1866-1924

Naturalist, geologist, collected on Cocos (Keeling), Christmas Is.

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ANDREWS, Ernest Clayton

1870-1948

Geologist, paleo-botanist, NSW

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portrait

ANDREWS, F.A.

fl. 1875-1883

Naturalist

ANDREWS, Frederick William

?1824-1884

Naturalist, SA Museum, collected R. Murray, SA; Cape York, QLD

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ANDREWS, Henry Charles

fl. 1784-1830

Artist, engraver, England, never came to Aust.

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ANDREWS, J.H. ^^

fl. 1883

collected on Eyre Peninsula, SA

ANDREWS, Milton

1959-

Botanical illustrator, Darwin, NT, and Perth, WA

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ANDREWS, S.B.

fl. 1970s

Pteridologist

ANDREWS, ^^

fl. 1897

collected at Albury, NSW

ANDRICH, B. ^^

fl. 1860

collected at Box Hill, VIC

ANGAS, George French

1822-1886

Artist, naturalist, SA, NZ, NSW

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portrait

ANGELO, Mary (nee Fraser)

1851-1928

collected seaweeds, WA

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ANKETELL, R.J.

fl. 1908

Gardener

ANTONIAK, Wendy

fl. 2000s

Botanical artist, ACT

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APLIN, Theodore Ernest Holmes (Ted)*

1927-1991

Anglo-Burmese born herbarium botanist, VIC, WA

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portrait

ARCHER, Alan W.

1930-

Lichenologist

ARCHER, Ann (née Hortle)

1825-1899

collected bryophytes in TAS

ARCHER, Mary Ellinor Lucy

fl. 1911-17

Botanist, illustrator, librarian, based in Melbourne, VIC

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ARCHER, William H.

1820-1874

Architect, botanist, illustrator, Tas

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ARCHIBALD, R. ^^

fl. <1892

collected fossils in Qld at Bundaba, Ipswich, QLD

ARDEN, Stanley

1874-1942

Gardener

ARDEN, W.H.

fl. 1887

collected at Yarra Yarra, VIC

ARGENT, Graham Charles George

1941-2019

Worked in Asia, especially bananas, Lae, PNG

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ARMISTEAD, J. ^^

fl. 1885

collected at source of Barwon R, VIC

ARMIT, William Edington de Margrat (or de Marguerittes), Capt.

1848–1901

Policeman, explorer, journalist, public servant, QLD

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portrait

ARMITAGE, I.B.

fl. 1962-1987

NSW, QLD

ARMITAGE, Joseph

1853-1897

Physician in Tasmania 1881-97, TAS

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ARMITAGE, Richard W.

fl. 1900-1910

Naturalist

ARMSTRONG, Alexdnder, Sir

1818-1899

Medical officer (Navy), naturalist, collected Melville Is, NT

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ARMSTRONG, Francis Fraser

1813-1897

Worked with Aboriginals, collected plants & birds around Perth for sale, WA

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ARMSTRONG, James Andrew*

1950-

Botanist, herbarium director, Sydney, Canberra, Perth, NSW, ACT, WA

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portrait

ARMSTRONG, John

?–1847

Gardens Superintendent, NT

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ARMSTRONG, John

1931-

Architect, botanical artist

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ARMSTRONG, J.W. ^^

fl. 1899

collected at Wapengo near Bega, NSW

ARMSTRONG, W. ^^

fl. 1883

collected at Rockhampton, QLD; St. Lawrence

ARMYTAGE, H.N. (? Harold Ausustine)

?1853-1926

?Station manager, Mt Sturgeon and Afton Downs, QLD

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ARMYTAGE, Miss (? Ada Elizabeth)

fl. 1895-96

Collected for Mueller in Victoria, VIC

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ARNOLD, Joseph

1782-1818

Surgeon, plant collector, UK, NSW, Asia

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ARNOLD, Mavis

fl. 1930

Botanical illustrator based in Melbourne, VIC

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ARNOUX ^^

fl. 1844

Collected at Sydney, NSW

ARTHUR, John

1804-1849

Gardens Director, landscape gardener, VIC

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ARUNDELL, Edward Henry (or Arundel) ^^

1840-1910

Bookseller, storekeeper

ASH, J.H. (?John Henry) ^^

fl. 1887

collected at Bunda Bunda Stn, Qld

ASH, Sidney A., Dr

1932-

Palynologist

ASHBY, Alison Marjorie

1901-1987

Botanical artist, SA Museum, postcards, SA

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portrait

ASHBY, Edwin ?A.

1861-1941

Naturalist, nurseryman, grower of Australian plants at 'Wittunga' SA

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portrait

ASHBY, Eric, Prof. Lord

1904-1992

Ecologist

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ASHTON, David Hungerford, Dr*

1927-2005

Botanist, ecologist, Euc. regnans, VIC

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portrait

ASHTON, H.

fl. 1917

ASHWORTH, H.P.C. ^^

1871-1903

Ornithologist, ecologist, architect, collected on Tasmanian islands, TAS

ASKENASY

ASTON, Helen Isobel, Miss*

1934-2020

Herbarium botanist, curator, aquatic plants, VIC

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portrait 

ATHERSTONE, ^^

fl. <1863

colected in SA

ATKIN, T.V. ^^

fl. 1894

collected at Sofala and Georges R, NSW

ATKINS, C.J. ^^

fl. 1885

Lichenologist, collected at Macquarie Harbour, TAS

ATKINS, Edward Barton

1855-1920

School teacher at Rockhampton, Charleville, QLD

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ATKINS, Ken J.

fl.1970s-2000s

Botanist, ecologist, conservationist, Pilbara, WA

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portrait

ATKINS, Kenneth William

1925-

Gardener

ATKINS, William ^^

1836–1920

Amateur botanist, forester, railway builder, parliamentarian, WA

ATKINSON, Caroline Louisa Waring, [later CALVERT]

1834-1872

Naturalist, author

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ATKINSON, Edward Derwent

1844-1920

Geologist, stationmaster for Tasmanian Railways, TAS

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portrait

ATKINSON, Henry Brune,

1874-1960

Anglican clergyman, Archdeacon, orchids, TAS

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portrait

ATKINSON, Henry Dresser, Rev.

fl. 1860-1890

Anglican clergyman, UK, TAS

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ATTARI, D. ^^

fl. 1886

collected at Port Fairy, VIC

AUDALL, E.J.L. (also Andall or Andale) ^^

fl. 1895

collected at Mudgee, NSW

AUDAS, James Wales Clarendon

1872-1959

Herbarium botanist, author, Melbourne, VIC

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AUDEBERT, Jean Batiste

1759-1800

French botanical illustrator

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AUILDIST, I.H.

fl. 1960s

AUSFELD, G. ^^

fl. 1840-60

collected near Bendigo, VIC

AUSTEN, ? Richard

fl. 1870s

Botanical illustrator, lithographer, eucalypts for Mueller, VIC

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AUSTIN, J. ^^

fl. 1899

collected at Condobolin, NSW

AUSTIN, Robert

1825-1905

Surveyor, expedition leader, gold prospector, WA

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