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 1700s – 2000

Based on the list  published by J.H. Willis, D. Pearson, M.T. Davis, and J.W. Green, Western Australian Herbarium Research Notes Number 12, August 1986.
Enhanced with information from George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA.

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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


ABBOTT, Francis, Jnr

1834-1903

Gardens Superintendent, Hobart, TAS

notes

portrait

ABID, Munir. A.. See MUNIR

 

 

 

 

ABRAHAMS, L.

fl. 1910

 

 

 

ABRAHAMSON, Ada

fl. 1890s

Amateur seaweed collector, WA

notes

 

ACKLAND, Judith Joan

fl. 1960s

Botanist

 

 

ADAIR, Robyn

1962-

Botanist

 

 

ADAM, P.

 

Ecologist

 

 

ADAM, William Keith

?1860-1900

Stock-owner, plant collector, WA

notes

 

ADAMS, David Boner

1900-1951

Mycologist, plant pathologist

 

 

ADAMS, Laurence George (Laurie)*

1929-2014

Herbarium botanist, CSIRO Canberra, ACT

notes

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

notes

portrait

ADAMS, Robin*

1953-

Botany Teacher

 

 

ADAMS, Ronald

1934-

Botanical illustrator based in Adelaide, SA

notes

 

ADAMS, T.W.

fl. 1900s

 

 

 

ADAMSON, Frederick M.

fl. 1836-58

Pioneer settler near Melbourne, VIC

notes

 

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

notes

portrait

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

notes

portrait

AHMED, Amanda

fl. 2000s

Botanical artist, VIC

notes

portrait

AIRY SHAW, Herbert Kenneth*

1902-1985

Botanist, classicist, lifetime based in Kew, UK

notes

portrait

AITKEN, R.T.

fl. 1921

 

 

 

ALBISON, K.W.

fl. 1932

Botanist

 

 

ALBRECHT, David Edward*

1962-

Herbarium botanist, VIC, NT, TAS, ACT

notes

portrait

ALCOCK, Charles Raymond (Ray)*

1921-2015

Agronomist, plant collector, weed specialist, SA

notes

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

notes

portrait

ALCORN, John Leonard*

1937-

Mycologist

 

 

ALDERSEY, Mary Ann

1825-1906

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

notes

portrait

ALDRIDGE, H.E.

fl. 1899

collected Maryborough, QLD

 

 

ALEXANDER, Wilfrid Backhouse

1885-1965

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

notes

portrait

ALFORD, Brian P.

fl. 1970s

Teacher

 

 

ALKIN, Thomas Verrier, Rev.

1838-1921

Anglican clergyman, Toowoomba QLD; various NSW

notes

 

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

notes

 

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

notes

portrait

ALLEN, Charles Ernest Frank

1876-1939

Gardens curator, Darwin, NT

notes

 

ALLEN, Grace Adelaide

1871-1940

Collected in Qld for Mueller, QLD

notes

 

ALLEN (ALLAN), John ^^

fl. 1840s

collected fungi on Murrumbidgee R.

 

 

ALLEN, William Tucker

1846-

expedition collector, Kimberley, WA; western VIC

notes

 

ALLEN, Miss (? Catherine) ^^

1863-

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

 

 

ALLENDER, Bruce

 

Botanist, phycologist

 

 

ALLENDER, Marie Joyce, Miss*

1917-

Herbarium assistant naturalist

 

 

ALLEY, Neville

fl. 1980

Palynologist

 

 

ALLISON, J. ^^

fl. 1998

collected at Bathurst, Dubbo, NSW

 

 

ALLITT, William

1828-1893

Gardens curator, nurseryman, Portland, VIC

notes

 

ALLPORT, Joseph

1800-1877

Solicitor, horticulturist, TAS

notes

 

ALLPORT, Mary Morton, Mrs.

1806-1895

Wildflower painter, TAS

notes 

portrait

ALLPORT, Morton

1830-1878

Naturalist, painter, TAS

notes

 

ALPHER, Barry Jacob

1940-

Linguist, anthropologist

 

 

ALTENA, August Constant, van

1920-2015

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

notes

portrait

ALTHOFER, George W.

1903-1993

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

notes

portrait

ALTHOFER, Hazel J.

1920 -

Propagator, Burrendong Aboretum superintendent, NSW

 

 

ALTHOFER, Peter McDowell.

1918-1991

Horticulturist, Burrendong Arboretum superintendent, NSW

notes

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

notes

 

ANDERSON, Jill, Mrs, see CULLIMORE

 

 

 

 

ANDERSON, John

?-1847

Colonial Botanist, Gardens Director

 

 

ANDERSON, J.S.

fl.1900

Architect, wildflower painter, WA

notes

 

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

notes

portrait

ANDERSON, Robert John

1952-2012

Chemotaxonomist, uni lecturer, VIC, SA

notes

 

ANDERSON, Ross

1862-1945

Pastralist near Roebourne, later Kendenup, WA

notes

 

ANDERSON, T.

1832-1870

Collected in Middle East, India, Indonesia, NSW

 

 

ANDERSON, William

1750 - 1778

Surgeon, botanist on Cooks 2nd voyage

notes

 

ANDERSON,

fl. 1888

Farmer, politician, Tas; Port Fairy, VIC

notes

 

ANDERSON, Miss ^^

fl. 1898

collected at Lake Boga and Wimmera, VIC

 

 

ANDERSSON, Nils Johan

1821-1880

Botanist, lecturer at Lund, Stockholm, collected on voyages

notes

 

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

notes

 

ANDREWS, Charles William, Dr

1866-1924

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

notes

 

ANDREWS, Ernest Clayton

1870-1948

Geologist, paleo-botanist, NSW

notes

portrait

ANDREWS, F.A.

fl. 1875-1883

Naturalist

 

 

ANDREWS, Frederick William

?1824-1884

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

notes

 

ANDREWS, Henry Charles

fl. 1784-1830

Artist, engraver, England, never came to Aust.

notes

 

ANDREWS, J.H. ^^

fl. 1883

collected on Eyre Peninsula, SA

 

 

ANDREWS, Milton

1959-

Botanical illustrator, Darwin, NT, and Perth, WA

notes

 

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

notes

portrait

ANGELO, Mary (nee Fraser)

1851-1928

collected seaweeds, WA

notes

 

ANKETELL, R.J.

fl. 1908

Gardener

 

 

ANTONIAK, Wendy

fl. 2000s

Botanical artist, ACT

notes

 

APLIN, Theodore Ernest Holmes (Ted)*

1927-1991

Anglo-Burmese born herbarium botanist, VIC, WA

notes

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

notes

 

ARCHER, William H.

1820-1874

Architect, botanist, illustrator, Tas

notes

portrait

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

notes

portrait

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

notes

 

ARMITAGE, I.B.

fl. 1962-1987

NSW, QLD

 

 

ARMITAGE, Joseph

1853-1897

Physician in Tasmania 1881-97, TAS

notes

 

ARMITAGE, Richard W.

fl. 1900-1910

Naturalist

 

 

ARMSTRONG, Alexdnder, Sir

1818-1899

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

notes

 

ARMSTRONG, Francis Fraser

1813-1897

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

notes

 

ARMSTRONG, James Andrew*

1950-

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

notes

portrait

ARMSTRONG, John

?–1847

Gardens Superintendent, NT

notes

 

ARMSTRONG, John

1931-

Architect, botanical artist

 

portrait

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

notes

 

ARMYTAGE, Miss (? Ada Elizabeth)

fl. 1895-96

Collected for Mueller in Victoria, VIC

notes

 

ARNOLD, Joseph

1782-1818

Naval Surgeon, naturalist

 

 

ARNOLD, Mavis

fl. 1930

Botanical illustrator based in Melbourne, VIC

notes

 

ARNOUX ^^

fl. 1844

Collected at Sydney, NSW

 

 

ARTHUR, John

1804-1849

Gardens Director, landscape gardener, VIC

notes

 

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

notes

 

ASHBY, Edwin ?A.

1861-1941

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

notes

portrait

ASHBY, Eric, Prof. Lord

1904-1992

Ecologist

notes

 

ASHTON, David Hungerford, Dr*

1927-2005

Botanist, ecologist, Euc. regnans, VIC

notes

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

notes

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

notes

 

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

notes 

  portrait

ATKINSON, Edward Derwent

1844-1920

Geologist, stationmaster for Tasmanian Railways, TAS

notes

portrait

ATKINSON, Henry Brune,

1874-1960

Anglican clergyman, Archdeacon, orchids, TAS

notes

portrait

ATKINSON, Henry Dresser, Rev.

fl. 1860-1890

Anglican clergyman, UK, TAS

notes

 

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

notes

 

AUDEBERT, Jean Batiste

1759-1800

French botanical illustrator

notes

 

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

notes

 

AUSTIN, J. ^^

fl. 1899

collected at Condobolin, NSW

 

 

AUSTIN, Robert

1825-1905

Surveyor, expedition leader, gold prospector, WA

notes

 

 

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.


Last Updated on 17 October, 2023 by CHAH webmaster (cpbr-info@anbg.gov.au)