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Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators (B)

 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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BABBAGE, Benjamin Herschel

1815-1878

Scientist, explorer, engineer

notes

 portrait

BACCHUS, William Henry

1820-1887

Agronomist, grazier, VIC

notes

 

BACK, Patricia V.

fl. 1974

Botanist, weed specialist

 

 

BACKHOUSE, James

1794-1869

Nurseryman, naturalist missionary, Aust-wide

notes

portrait

BADMAN, Frank

1943-2015

Herbarium collector, ecologist, arid SA

notes

portrait

BAEUERLEN, [BAUERLEN] Wilhelm [William]

1845-ext.1901

Botanist, museum collector, NSW, VIC, PNG

notes

portrait

BAGE, Freda ^^

fl. 1885

Member, Field Nats' Club Vic. Collected in VIC

 

 

BAGLIN, Douglass

fl. 1960s-80s

Photographer

 

 

BAHLSEN, Emma [also Miss C.] ^^

fl. 1890s

Collected near Mudgee, NSW

 

 

BAILEY, Alan

1937-

Botanist, phycologist

 

 

BAILEY, Eric Thomas

1910-1980

Agrostologist, plant introduction specialist

 

 

BAILEY, Frederick Manson

1827-1915

Colonial Botanist in Queensland, author, QLD

notes

portrait

BAILEY, J.L.

 

 

 

 

BAILEY, John (?B.)

1800-1864

Colonial Botanist in Adelaide, gardens curator, SA

notes

 

BAILEY. John Frederick 

1866-1938

Gardens Director, Brisbane, Adelaide, economic botanist, QLD, SA

notes

portrait

BAILEY, John Rayer

fl. 1950s

Gardens curator

 

 

BAIN, J. ^^

fl. 1842

Collected at Mt Irvine, NSW

 

 

BAINES, John Thomas  

1820-1875

Explorer, artist, cartographer, naturalist, prospector, Northen Aust.

notes

portrait

BAINES, ^^

?-1855

Collected marine algae in Vic.

 

 

BAIRD, Alison Mary, Miss

1906-

Botanist, ecologist

 

 

BAIRD, D.D. ^^

fl. 1898

collected at Dubbo, NSW

 

 

BAIRD, J. ^^

fl. 1883

collected near Maytown, Palmer R., QLD

 

 

BAKER, (J.) M. ^^

fl. 1891-96

collected Picton, NSW

 

 

BAKER, Richard Thomas

1854-1941

Economic botanist, museum curator, author, NSW

notes

portrait

BAKER, William Robert Arton ^^

1857–1926

Herbarium and museum keeper, collected in VIC

notes

 

BAKET, Miss

fl. 1884

Collected Bloomfield R. area, QLD

 

 

BALANSA, Bendedict (Benjamin)

1825-1891

French botanist explorer; in New Caledonia 1868-72

 

 

BALDRY, J.M. ^^

fl. 1883-93

associated with Baldwin Spencer, VIC, TAS

 

 

BALE, Colin L.* 

1953-

Botanist

 

 

BALE, William Mountier (? initial L.) ^^

1851-1940

Microscopist, customs inspector, studied diatoms etc

 

 

BALFOUR, Dr ^^

fl. 1841

attributed with lichens from Tas, (? see George ref.) TAS

 

 

BALGOOY, Max Michael Josephus van

1932-2021

Java-born botanist/collector, Pacific flora, incl. Aust., based in Leiden

notes

portrait

BALL, Henry Lidgbird

1756-1818

Naval Officer, 1st Fleet, artist

notes

 

BALL, Lionel Clive

fl. 1889-1960s

Govt geologist, Collected at Wallangarra, QLD

 

 

BALL, Robert ^^

fl. 1836

collected lichens, mosses on Macquarie R., NSW

 

 

BALLANTYNE [BALLANTINE], Mary

fl. 1840s

collected R.Gunn, TAS

notes

 

BALME, Basil E., Dr

1923-

Palynologist, palaeobotanist

 

 

BANACLON, W. ^^

fl. 1887

collected at Olive Downs, NSW

 

 

BANCROFT, Joseph, Dr

1836-1894

Surgeon, pharmacologist

notes

portrait

BANCROFT, Thomas Lane

1860-1933

Medical Officer, naturalist, plant breeder, QLD

notes

portrait

BANDY, G. ^^

fl. 1878

Collected at Mt Jeffcott, VIC

 

 

BANER, Miss

fl. 1884

Collected Bloomfield R. area, QLD

 

 

BANFIELD, Frederick Sydney

-1967

Student gardener at Kew, later based in Malaysia. Writer

 

 

BANFIELD, H. ^^

fl.1880

Collected at Ararat, VIC

 

 

BANKS, David Paul

1965-

Orchid collector, grower, lecturer, NSW

notes

portrait

BANKS, Joseph, Sir

1743-1820

Naturalist, explorer, promoter, Royal Society President, NSW, QLD, UK

notes

portrait

BANNIER, (? August Wilhelm) ^^

fl. 1849-51

Collected on Kangaroo Is. SA

 

 

BAPTIST, John

 

Horticulturist

 

 

BARAGWANATH, William, Jnr,

1878-1966

Geologist, mine surveyor, Director of Geol. survey

 

 

BARBER, C.D. ^^

fl. 1878-79

collected at Rolleston, QLD

 

 

BARBER, Horace Newton - Prof.

1914-1971

Botanist, cytologist, NSW

notes

portrait

BARCLAY, George

fl. 1830s

Botanical illustrator

 

 

BARCLAY-MILLER, Thomas 

fl. 1875-1923

Miner, bailiff, QLD

notes

 

BARKER, Collet - Captain

1784-1831

Soldier, military administrator, NT, WA

notes

 

BARKER, Mary Ann, Mrs, nee ELRIDGE 

1790-1872

Collected seaweeds for Harvey, VIC

notes

 

BARKER, Mrs (? Susannah nee Hodgkinson)

fl. 1895

Collected for Mueller in VIC

notes

 

BARKER, Mrs C.A.

fl. 1880

Collected for Mueller near Mt Wilson, NSW

 

 

BARKER, R. ^^

fl. 1898

collected at Albany, WA

 

 

BARKER, Robyn Mary, Mrs  (née SHORT)

1948-

Botanist, taxonomist, SA

 

 

BARKER, William Robert (Bill)

1948-

Herbarium botanist, taxonomist, Adelaide, PNG, SA

 

portrait

BARKLY, Henry - Sir

1815-1898

Colonial administrator. Governor of Victoria, VIC

notes

 

BARLEY, Anita Miriam (nee PODWYSZYNSKI)

1955-

Botanical illustrator, VIC

notes

portrait

BARLOW, Bryan Alwyn, Dr*

1933-

Botanist, Herbarium Director, Melaleuca, mistletoe specialist, SA, ACT

notes

portrait

BARLOW, Janette

fl. 2000s

Botanical artist, NSW

notes

portrait

BARNARD, Charles Ashmall

1867-1942

plant collector Coomooboolaroo, QLD

notes

portrait

BARNARD, Charles E., Dr

fl.1880s

Botanical lecturer, Herbarium curator, writer, TAS, NSW

notes

 

BARNARD, Colin

1907-1974

Phytochemist, grassland ecologist, ACT

 

portrait

BARNARD, E. ^^

1786-1861

specimens at Kew collected Aust 1829

 

 

BARNARD, Francis George Allman

1857-1932

Writer, editor, pharmacist, VIC

notes

 

BARNARD, Francis W.

1823-1912

Microscopist, chemist, VIC

notes

 

BARNARD, George jnr

1831-1894

One of the Barnard family of Coomooboolaroo Stn, QLD

notes

portrait

BARNES, J. ^^

?

collected freshwater algae for Mueller in VIC

 

 

BARNES, R. ^^

fl. 1886

collected at Rose Bay, NSW

 

 

BARNES, W.E. ^^

fl. 1890

collected on Ovens R., VIC

 

 

BARNETT, Olwyn, Mrs*

1925-

Nurse, secretary, SGAP enthusiast, seed-banker, TAS, VIC

notes

 

BARNFORD, D. ^^

fl. 1886

collected moss at Ben Lonond, TAS

 

 

BARNM, Paul*

1927-

Farmer, naturalist

 

 

BARNSLEY, B.Mrs

fl. 1980s

Botanist

 

portrait

BARON, Henry John Allcock (sometimes Alcock)

1863-1948

Botanical illustrator, lithographer, QLD, NSW

notes

portrait

BARRETT, Charles Leslie

1880-1959

Naturalist, author, photographer, VIC

notes

 

BARRETT, Harcourt

1838-1904

Botanical lithographer, b. England, arrived Aust. 1881

notes

 

BARRETT-LENNARD, Amy Eliza (Mrs Forrest)

1852-1897

Collected for Mueller in WA

notes

portrait

BARRINGTON, F.A. ^^

fl. 1884

collected at Mulligan R., QLD

 

 

BARROW, J. ^^

fl. 1897

collected near Kyneton, VIC

 

 

BARRY, Elizabeth

1862-1932

collected for Mueller at Moonbah, NSW

notes

 

BARTLETT, Violet "Artah"

1869-1955

Wildflower and bird painter, signed herself as 'Artah', WA

notes

 

BARTLEW-TORR, E.

fl. 1930-1980

Photographer

 

 

BARTON, Fred Jnr

fl. 1925

 

 

 

BARTON, Frederick C. W.

fl. 1926-32

Victorian naturalist, bird observer, VIC

 

 

BARTON, Sarah

1905-

 

 

 

BARTON, W. ^^

1833-1899

collected at Armadilla (Armadillo), QLD

 

 

BARTRAM, Edwin Bunting 

1878-1964

Bryologist, muscologist

 

 

BARTUSCH, G.

fl. 1890s-1900s

Botanical illustrator, Gemany

notes

 

BASCHER, W. ^^

fl. 1892

collected near Henty, VIC

 

 

BASEDOW, Herbert J., Dr 

1881-1933

Scientist, explorer, Chief Protector of Aborigines, SA, NT, WA

notes 

portrait

BASS, George, Dr 

1771-1803

Explorer, naval surgeon, NSW, TAS

notes 

 

BASSETT, Florence Hildegard

1888-1948

Amateur flower painter, WA

notes

 

BASSETT, Miss

fl. 1894

Collected for Mueller upper Lachlan River, NSW

 

 

BASTOW, Austin 

-1938

Mayor of Subiaco, WA

 

 

BASTOW, Richard Austin

1839-1920

Architectural draughtsman, cryptogamist, botanical artist

notes

portrait

BATE, Mary Harriet , later Mrs GRIFFITHS

1855-1951

Plant collector for Mueller, farmer's wife, NSW

notes

portrait

BATEMAN, Edward La Trobe  

c.1815-1897

Artist, garden designer

 

 

BATEMAN, Wilfred (Bill)  

1907-1985

Forester

 

 

BATES, Daisy May (nee Margaret DWYER)

1869-1951

Journalist, ethnographer, writer, QLD, SA

notes

portrait

BATES, H.E. ^^

fl. 1884-92

Manager, pastoral station, Madura, WA

 

 

BATES, L.

fl. 1960s

 

 

 

BATES, Robert J.*

1946-

Teacher, collector of orchids

 

 

BATESON. G.

f.1930s

Collected plants in PNG

 

 

BATIANOFF, George Nicholas

1945-2009

Queensland Herbarium, formerly Ag. Dept. staff, QLD

notes

portrait

BATRY, I ^^

f. 1888

Collected near Mt Macedon, VIC

 

 

BATSCH, J. ^^

fl. 1881

Collected at Gloucester Mtns (Buckets?), NSW

 

 

BATT, John (Jack) Downton

1843-1919

Eucla telegraph linesman, border SA-WA

notes

 

BAUDIN, Nicolas Thomas, Capt.

1754–1803

Explorer, surveyor

notes

 portrait

BAUDINET, B. (Miss) ^^

fl. 1883-85

Collected (including algae) in lighthouses, TAS

 

 

BAUDINET, E.E., Miss

fl. 1868-84

 

 

 

BAUDINET, Louisa (Lucy) Isabella Chaulk

1825-1901

Collected for Mueller in TAS

notes

 

BAUDOIN (BAUDOUIN) ^^

fl. 1865-68

Collected in SE Asia, Australia, Egypt

 

 

BAUER, Ellie, Miss [see BAUER, Sophie . . . below]

1863-1943

Collected (including algae, lichens) at Bloomfield R., QLD

notes

 

BAUER, Ferdinand Lukas (Lucas)

1760-1826

Botanical artist, accompanied Flinders on voyage around Australia

notes

 

BAUER, Franz (Francis) Andreas

1758-1840

Botanical artist based in Kew, brother of Ferdinand

notes

portrait

BAUER, Sophie Wilhelmine Eleanore (Ellie)

1863-1943

Collected (including algae, lichens) at Bloomfield R., QL

notes

portrait

BAUERLEN see: BAEUERLEN

 

 

 

 

BAUMANN, M. ^^

fl. 1896

Collected in [Royal] National Park, NSW

 

 

BAUME, Joseph

1810-

French naval surgeon

notes

 

BAYER, Randall James

1955-

Botanist

notes

portrait

BAXTER, Jacqueline

fl. 2000s

Botanical artist, VIC

notes

portrait

BAXTER, William

1787- fl. 1822-30

English gardener, botanical collector in Aust 1820s

notes

 

BEADLE, Noel Charles William, Prof.

1914 - 1998

Botanist, Prof Botany UNE, NSW

notes

portrait

BEAL, A. Miss, probably Ada

fl. 1884-1885

Daughter or Amy, collected for Mueller in VIC

notes

 

BEAL, Amy (nee MURCH)

1827-1925

Mother of Ada, collected for Mueller in VIC

notes

 

BEALE

fl. 1960s

 

 

 

BEAMlSH, K. I., Dr

fl. 1970s

Botanist

 

 

BEAN, Anthony Russell

1957-

Naturalist, national parks, Qld Herbarium botanist, QLD

notes

portrait

BEAN, Deirdre

fl. 2010s

Botanical illustrator

notes

portrait

BEARD, John Stanley, Dr*

1916-2011

Botanist, ecologist, Gardens Director, UK, Africa, NSW, mostly WA

notes

portrait 

BEASLEY, Rubin Cartwright

1878-1956

Farmer

notes

 

BEASLEY, Th. ^^

fl. 1887

Collected at L. Austin, WA

 

 

BEATON, Gordon William*  

1911-

Mechanic, photographer, mycologist

 

 

BEAUGLEHOLE, Alexander Clifford

1920-2002

Farmer, naturalist, herbarium collector, VIC

notes

 

BEBRA, Jane Charlotte von [see BIBRA]

 

 

 

 

BECCARI, Odoardo, Dr

1843-1920

Italian botanist, collected in Aust, 1878

notes

portrait

BECHERVAISE, John mayston, Dr

1910-

Poet, explorer, author

 

 

BECKER, Lothar

fl. 1850-51

German/Polish botanist, illustrator, esp. fungi

notes

 

BECKER, Ludwig Philipp Heinrich  

1808-1861

German artist, naturalist, in Aust. from 1851, on Burke & Wills expedition

notes

portrait

BECKLER, Herman, Dr

1828-1914

Botanist, Medical Officer, QLD, NSW

notes

portrait

BEDDOME, C.E. ^^

fl. 1882

Collected diatoms, ferns, TAS, QLD

 

 

BEDFORD, David John, Dr*

1952-

Herbarium botanist, Xanthorrhoea, botanic gardens Director, NSW, TAS

notes

 

BEDFORD, Lady Ethel

1848-1913

Wife of Governor, amateur wildflower painter, WA

notes

 

BEDFORD, H.D. ^^

fl. 1890-94

Collected at Pettroy, Wollomombi, NSW, and VIC

 

 

BEDFORD, Roger B.

fl. 1960s

Botanist[?], orchidologist

 

 

BEDGGOOD, Stella Winifred, Mrs  

1916-1978

Naturalist, photographer

 

 

BEDWELL, Frederick

1796-1853

Master's mate with P.P. King on Mermaid

notes

 

BEER, Donald R. (Don)

1940-2022

Historian, Australia-Canada, UNE professor, ANBG history, NSW, ACT

notes

portrait

BEERE, Frederick (Fred) William ^^

1851-1906

Shepherd; overland telegraph; pastoralist Eucla WA

 

 

BEESTON, Gregory Ronald  

1948-

Botanist, ecologist

 

 

BEETON, Irene, Miss (surname sometimes mispelled BEATON)

1920-

Horticulturist at Canberra Botanic Gardens and its herbarium, ACT

notes

 

BEEVER, Jessica, Mrs

fl. 1980s

Bryologist

 

 

BEGVIE, P.

 

Collector of fungi, VIC

 

 

BEHR, Hans Hermann

1818-1904

German ethnologist, botanist, entomologist; Aust 1844-47

notes

portrait

BELCHER, Robert Orange, Prof.*

1918-2008

US botanist (died 8/1/2008, USA) in Aust 1966

 

 

BELCHER, Ruby*  

fl. 1967-1982

NSW, SA, TAS

 

 

BELFIELD, A.H. ^^

fl. 1892

Collected at 'Eversleith', Dumaresq, NSW

 

 

BELL, Annie, Miss ^^

fl. 1887-90

Collected at Booligal, Lachlan R., NSW

 

 

BELL, B.A.

fl. 1999

Collected in NSW, QLD

 

 

BELL, C.

fl. 1970s

 

 

 

BELL, Graham Harold*

1959-

Botanist, cryptogamist

 

 

BELL, M. or N. ^^

1889-96

Collected in [Royal] National Park, Sydney, NSW

 

 

BELL, S.

fl. 192-2000

Collected in NSW

 

 

BELL, William Alexander ^^

fl. 1861-62

on Burke & Wills Relief Expedition, SA, Qld, NT

 

 

BELL, William Robert ^^

1830-

Prospector, farmer, speculator, SA, VIC, TAS. fl. 1880-84

 

 

BELL, Miss

fl. 1884

Collected (with A.W. Howitt) in VIC

 

 

BELL, Miss

fl. 1831

Collected in NSW, associated with Allan Cunningham

notes

 

BELLINGHAUSEN, Fabius Theophilus

1778-1852 

Naval officer, explorer, Russian Antarctic expedition

notes

 

BELSON, E.

fl. 1930s

Botanist, Senior Herbarium officer

 

 

BELT, Francis Walter

1862-1938

Solicitor, soldier, naval officer, Horn Exped.

notes

 

BENGSTON. M.

fl. 1960s

 

 

 

BENHAM, Ellen Ida

1871-1917

Teacher, botany lecturer, herbarium curator, SA

notes

portrait

BENINGA, L. ^^

fl. 1879

Collected at Hahndorf, SA

 

 

BENL, Gerhard

1910-2001

German herbarium botanist, Ptilotus, visited Aust 1977-78, WA, NT, QLD, NSW,

notes

portrait

BENNETT, A. Mrs. (also as Mrs A. Burnett) ^^

?

Collected at Port Stephens, NSW Specimens at CGE (ex Lindley's herbarium), K.

 

 

BENNETT, C.E. or C.S. ^^

fl. 1858

Collected at Bendigo gold diggings, Specimens at MEL., VIC

 

 

BENNETT, C.P. ^^

fl. 1889

Collected on W coast TAS, Specimen at MEL.

 

 

BENNETT, E.

fl. 1920s-40s

 

 

 

BENNETT, Eleanor Marion, Mrs (nee SCRYMGEOUR)

1942-

Botanist, WA Herbarium, Kings Park, author, WA

notes

portrait

BENNETT, Frank M.

fl. 1940s

 

 

 

BENNETT, F. ^^

fl. 1889

Collected at Irvinebank, Qld, Apr. 1889. Specimens at BRI, QLD

 

 

BENNETT, Frederick Debel ^^

fl. 1830-40

Whaler. On Tuscan voyage to Pacific Ocean 1833-36.

 

 

BENNETT, George, Dr

1804-1893

Physician, naturalist, surgeon-naturalist on Sophia

notes

 portrait

BENNETT, Ian James

1958-

Botanist

 

 

BENNETT, Isobel Eliza Toom   (also as: Isobel Ida BENNETT)

1909-2008

Marine biologist, algal collector, NSW, QLD, VIC, TAS

notes

portrait

BENNETT, Kenric Harold

c. 1840-1891

Ornithologist, collected plants for Maiden in NSW

notes

 

BENNETT, Muriel Mary

1880-1958

Collected for Mueller near Sale, VIC

notes

 

BENNETT, Merle

1929-

Conservationist, herbarium initiator, Ravensthorpe area, WA

notes

 

BENNETT, R. Mr ^^

fl. 1886

Collected between Lachlan & Darling Rivers, NSW

 

 

BENNETT, S.B. ^^

fl. 1874

Collected between Surrey Hills & Circular Head, TAS

 

 

BENNETTS, Harold William, Dr

1898-1970

Veterinary pathologist, author

 

 

BENSON, Douglas Howard*  

1949-

Herbarium ecologist, Sydney, NSW

notes

 

BENTHAM, George

1800-1884

English botanist, author, never visited Australia

notes

portrait

BERRARD, Auguste (also as Beraud, Bernaud) ^^

fl. 1845

Captain of LeRhin (q.v.), French naval transport.

 

 

BERGGREN, Sven

1837-1917

Explorer. Professor of botany in Sweden, collected cryptogams

notes

portrait

BERG. Rolf, Dr fl.

1970s

Botanist

 

 

BERKELEY, M.J. Rev.

1803 - 1889

Algae collector

 

 

BERKTON, Miss

fl. 1886

 

 

 

BERNAYS, Lewis Adolphus, Dr

1831-1908

Parliamentary Clerk, horticulturist, collector

notes

portrait

BERNEY, Frederic Lee ^^

1865-1949

Pastoralist. Collected at Elderslie, Winton, QLD, 1897.

 

 

BERNHARDI, Theodor ^^

1810-1889

Collected in Australia. Specimens at B, KIEL, L.

 

 

BERRY, E. ^^

fl. 1887

Collected at Fairview, C. York Peninsula, QLD, specimens at BRI.

 

 

BERTHON, Elizabeth de Crillon (Lily)

1852-1946

Landscape painter, collected for Mueller in VIC

notes

 

BERTHOUD, George Frederick (range of surname spellings)

1856-1936

Horticulturist, collected widely, most states

notes

 

BERTOLI, G. ^^

fl. 1886

Collected at L.Boort (Avoca), VIC

 

 

BESSA, Pancrace

1772-1835

Botanical artist based in Paris

notes

 

BEST, Dudley Robert William

1844-1928

Businessman, naturalist, VIC

notes

 

BEST, Ellen Ann

1842-1918

Collected at Beverley & at Youarding near Toodyay, WA

notes

 

BEST, Heinrich 

1893-1961

Microscopical illustrator

 

 

BEST, Henry

1843-

 

 

 

BETCHE, Daniel Ludwig Ernst

1851-1913

Sydney Bot Gardens collector, botanist, writer, NSW

 notes

portrait

BEWS, D.M.

fl. 1906-14

Lichen collector

 

 

BEUZEVILLE, Wilfred Alexander Watt de

1884-1954

Forest ecologist, botanist, NSW (ACT)

notes

 

BEVERIDGE, Peter

1829-1885

Grazier near Swan Hill, VIC

notes

 

BLEVERLEY

fl. 1860s

Collected on Melville Is, NT

 

 

BEYER, George

1865- >1921

Herbarium assistant, Mus Applied Arts & Science, NSW

notes

 

BEYTHIEN, Ernest ^^

fl. 1880s

Chemist, Collected plants at Moonta, Paskeville, SA

 

 

BIAGI, Guiseppe ^^

fl. 1868

Italian diplomat, collected around Hobart, Blackheath, Blue Mtns.

 

 

BIBBY, Patrick Noel Sumner

1907-1955

Gardener, botanist, lichen and hepatics, VIC

notes

 

BIBRA, Jane Charlotte von (also von BEBRA)

1822-1882

Station-owner's wife, near Champion Bay, WA

 

 

BICHARD, J. P. ^^

fl. 1890

Collected fungi at Eight-mile Plain, QLD

 

 

BICHENO, James Ebenezer 

1785-1851

Author, Colonial Secretary

notes

portrait

BICK, Ernest Walter

1870-1949

Horticulturist, botanic gardens curator

notes

portrait

BICKFORD, Ernest J.

1862-1940

Collected around Perth and at New Norcia, Mt Eliza, WA

notes

 

BIDDULPH, Alice Caroline (later Mrs Wells)

1873-1971

Collected for Mueller in Qld and WA

notes

 

BIDDULPH, Ellen Caroline (nee Foot)

1855-1917

Collected for Mueller in QLD

notes

 

BIDDULPH, Florence Francis

1879-1964

Collected for Mueller in QLD

notes

 

BIDDULPH, Harriette Sophia, Mrs   (née Foot)

1839-1940

Wife of property owner, Mt Playfair, QLD

notes

portrait

BIDDULPH, Muriel Margaret

fl 1956-1966

Amateur collector Mt Playfair, QLD

 

 

BIDWELL, J.E.

 

 

 

 

BIDWILL, John Carne

1815-1853

Horticultural botanist, Gardens Director

notes

 

BIGGS, B. ^^

fl. 1887

Collected at Rambo, NSW

 

 

BIGWOOD, Anthony

fl. 1980

Palaeobotanist

 

 

BILLARDIERE, J.J.H. de la    see LABILLARDIERE

 

 

 

 

BILLINGHURST, Farncorabe L. ^^

fl. 1890s

Collected at Loddon River, Trentham, in VIC

 

 

BINGHAM, J. ^^

fl. 1896

Collected at Balmoral, NSW

 

 

BIRCH, Charles Weldon de Burgh   (also as Weld Birch)

1821-1894

Pastoralist, surveyor's clerk, expedition leader, NSW, QLD

notes

portrait

BIRCH, William R.

1922-

Botanist, phycologist

 

 

BIRD, Eric C.P., Dr

fl. 1970s

Physiographer, ecologist

 

 

BIRD, H.

 

 

 

 

BIRD, J. ^^

fl. 1887

Collected at Scarsdale, NSW

 

 

BIRD, L.H.

fl. 1979-1998

Collected in QLD

 

 

BIRD, Simon ^^

fl. 1895

Collected at Eumundi, QLD

 

 

BIRNAGE, L.A. ^^

fl. 1879

Collected at Brisbane, QLD

 

 

BISDEE, Elizabeth Anne

fl.1830s

Wildflower artist, TAS

 

 

BISHOP, Anthony Dean (Tony)

1954-1995

Botanist, journalist, editor, photographer, orchids, NSW

notes

 

BISHOP, Frederick James  

fl 1956

Botanical photographer

 

 

BISHOP, H.G.

 

 

 

 

BISHOP, L. ^^

fl. 1899

Collected at Narrabri, NSW

 

 

BISHOP, T. ^^

fl. 1894

Collected alga at Shoalhaven R., NSW

 

 

BISHOP, William Charles Eli

1922-1989

Electrical engineer, herbarium volunteer, NSW

notes

 

BISSET, W. ^^

fl. 1899

Collected at Nyngan, NSW

 

 

BISSILL, Walter Kirk   (often misspelt BISSELL)

1842-1890

English born storekeeper, plant collector, SA, NZ, VIC

notes

 

BLACK, Albert B.

fl. 1917

 

 

 

BLACK, G., Mrs

fl.1860s

 

 

 

BLACK, John McConnell  

1855-1951

Journalist, botanist, Sth Aust Flora writer, SA

notes

 portrait

BLACK, Lauren

1971-

Botanical artist, especially mosses, TAS

notes

portrait

BLACK, Niel (Ned)

1804-1880

Pastoralist, politician, SA, VIC

notes

 

BLACK, Raleigh Adelbert  

1880-1963

Botanist, physical instructor, commercial traveller, SA, VIC, NSW

notes

 

BLACK, Thorby H.

fl. 1943

Son of Raleigh Black,

 

 

BLACK, Roger Foster

1923-2008

Botanist, ecologist, grandson of J.M.Black, SA, NSW, QLD, WA

notes

portrait

BLACKALL, William Edward, Dr

1876-1941

Botanist, medical practitioner, Perth, WA

notes

portrait

BLACKBURN, David Thomas, Dr

1951-1915

Palaeobotanist, businessman, SA

notes

 

BLACKBURN, G.

c. 1919- extant 1984

Ecologist, geophysicist 

 

 

BLACKBURNE, John

1839 fl.1900s

Public Service Inspector

notes

 

BLACKET, H. (or BLACKETT) ^^

fl. 1897

Collected at Gosford, possibly at Ashfield, Croydon, NSW

 

 

BLACKMORE, John A.P.

fl. 1960

Orchidologist

 

 

BLACKSHAW, A.L. 

fl. 1909

Collected in NSW

 

 

BLACKWELL, Marion Isabel (nee PEAKE)

1928-

Botanist, photographer, consultant, WA

notes

portrait

BLACKWOOD, Margaret, Dame

1909-

Botanist, geneticist

 

 

BLAKE, H.P. ^^

fl. 1890

Collected at Coonamble in NSW

 

 

BLAKE, Stanley Thatcher. Dr

1911-1973

Herbarium botanist, naturalist, writer, Northern Aust with CSIRO, then QLD

notes 

portrait

BLAKE, Trevor Lloyd*

1937-

Botanist, illustrator

 

 

BLAKELY, William Faris  

1875-1941

Gardener, botanist, eucalyptologist, NSW

notes

 

BLANDOWSKI, Johann Wilhelm Theodor Ludwig von (also William von)

1822-?1880

Artist, photographer, naturalist, mining engineer, SA, VIC

notes

portrait

BLANKS, Perpetua Anne Mary = see TURNER, Perpetua

1990s-2020s

see TURNER, Perpetua Anne Mary

notes

 

BLAXELL, Donald Frederick*

1934-

Botanist, orchidologist, NSW

notes

portrait

BLAXILL, Susannah

fl.2000s

Botanical artist, NSW

notes

portrait

BLAXLAND, Gregory

1778-1853

Explorer, pioneer farmer. Arrived Sydney April 1806, NSW

 

 

BLAYLOCK, Brian J.

fl. 1965-2005

Volunteer collector for Sth. Aust. Herbarium, SA

 

portrait

BLEESER, A.E. 

 

 

 

 

BLEESER, Florenz August Karl

1871-1942

Postmaster, naturalist, Darwin NT

notes

 

BLENHEIM, J. ^^

fl. 1880

Collected at Port Curtis, QLD

 

 

BLIGH, William, Governor

1754-1817

Naval officer, cartographer, artist, Vice-Admiral, explorer, NSW

notes

 portrait

BLOMBERY, Alexander Morris

1913-2002

Author, garden manager, NSW

 

 

BLOOMER, Harry Howard

1866-1960

Accountant, naturalist

 

 

BLOW, Thomas Bates ^^

1854-1941

Made bee-keeping equipment, UK, amateur Characeae collector NT, WA

 

 

BLUNDELL, E.H. ^^

fl. 1895

Collected at Eumundi, QLD

 

 

BLUNDELL, H. Weld ^^

fl. 1882

Collected at Gordon Downs, QLD

 

 

BLYTH, Eliza

1820-1894

Wildflower artist, art school manager, TAS

notes

 

BLYTH, Robert

1700s

English engraver for Banks' Florilegium

notes

 

BLYTH, William C.

fl. 1870s

Lived at 'Honeywood Farm', Huon, Tas, collected for Mueller in TAS

 

 

BOASE, Isabella (nee Cameron)

1849-1932

Collected at Murtoa, VIC

notes

 

BODDY, Edward Morton Murray ("Morton")

1903-1973

Nursery proprietor (Eastern Park Nursery, Geelong) VIC

 

 

BODDY, Edward Ralph ("Ralph")

1933-1989

Nursery proprietor (Eastern Park Nursery, Geelong); son of E.M.M.Boddy, VIC

 

 

BODDY, Gertrude Mollie ("Mollie") (née TAYLOR)

1905–1977

Nursery proprietor (Eastern Park Nursery, Geelong); wife of E.M.M.Boddy, VIC

 

 

BODEN, Robert William, Dr

1935-2009

Gardens Director, research arboriculturalist, Canberra, ACT

notes

portrait

BOEHM, E.P.

fl. 1940s

Naturalist

 

 

BOFELDT, Anders Tony

1965-2011

Illawarra rainforest collector, field botanist, NSW

notes

portrait

BOGISCH, ^^

?-1903

Missionary at Ebenezer Mission, collected in 1891, VIC

 

 

BOGOYEVITCH, Marie

f. 2000s

Biomedical scientist and botanical artist, VIC

notes

 

BOLAND, Douglas John*

1947-2001

Forester, seed collector, CSIRO, author, NSW, ACT

notes

portrait

BOLTON, J. ^^

fl. 1890

Collected in Vic. near Mt Abrupt, The Grampians and in Wimmera, VIC

 

 

BOND, Ian

fl. 1960s-80s

Photographer

 

 

BOND, Richard Wallace

1914-1976

Botanist, ecologist

 

 

BONNEY, F.

fl. 1867-87

Sent specimens to Mueller from Mt Murchison, NSW

 

 

BONNEY, James Edmund

fl. 1850s

 

 

 

BONNEY, Joseph 

1776-1861

Nursery worker

 

 

BONNEY, W. H.

fl.1895

Artist calligrapher, draughtsman who illustrated flowers, WA

 

 

BONPLAND, Aime Jacques Alexandre

1773-1858

French gardener, artist, Central/South America (not to Aust.)

notes

portrait

BOOMSMA, Clifford David*

1915-2004

Forest botanist, ecologist, SA

notes

portrait

BOORMAN, John Luke

1864-1938

Engish born gardener, herbarium collector, NSW

notes 

 

BOOTH, Edward Stirling*

1911-1997

Zoologist, botanist, poet, artist, SA

notes

portrait

BORCHGREVINK, Carsten Egeberg

1864-1934

Surveyor, scientist, Antarctic explorer, photographer

notes

 

BOROWITZKA, Lesley Joyce, Dr

1949-

Botanist, phycologist

 

 

BOROWITZKA, Michael Armin, Dr

1948-

Botanist, phycologist

 

 

BORRER, William ^^

1781-1862

Botanist, lichen collector, did not visit Australia

 

 

BORY DE ST VINCENT, Jean Baptiste George Marcellin, Baron de

1778-1846

Zoologist, botanist, military officer

notes

portrait

BOSISTO, Joseph 

1827-1898

Research chemist, oil distiller, parliamentarian, VIC

notes

portrait

BOSTOCK, Peter D.

1949- 

Herbarium botanist, Brisbane, ferns, computerisation, QLD

notes

portrait

BOSTON, R.

fl. 1888

Collected lichen at Dandenong, VIC

 

 

BOSTON, R.H. (Possibly mis-reading of Bastow?) ^^

fl. 1899

Collected lichen on Mt Wellington, TAS

 

 

BOSWELL, Annabella Alexandra Campbell (nee Innes)

1826-1916

Wildflower painter, diarist

notes

 

BOTT, Harold

1880-1957

Mining engineer

notes

 

BOUEL, C. ^^

fl. 1881

Collected at Endeavour R., QLD

 

 

BOUGAINVILLE, Hyacinthe-Yves-Philippe-Potentien de

1781-1846

French naval officer, navigator.

notes

 

BOULEY, de, Dr. ^^

fl.1867-72

Collected on NW coast, WA, specimens at BM

 

 

BOULTON, T.

fl. 1906

Lichen collector

 

 

BOUNE, J.O. ^^

fl. 1887

Collected on Snowy River, VIC

 

 

BOUQUET, Louis

fl. 1800-1817

Botanical engraver

notes

 

BOUTON, A.F. (also given as BONTOU) ^^

fl. 1890-91

Collected on [upper] Lachlan River, NSW

 

 

BOWDEN, Isobel, Miss

 

Botanist

 

 

BOWEN, D. ^^

fl. 1882

Collected at Buxton, VIC

 

 

BOWEN, Eliza Theresa (nee Campbell)

1848-1939

Collected at Cape Portland, TAS

notes

 

BOWER, Dr. ^^

fl. 1858

Collected in SW Australia. Specimen at K.

 

 

BOWER, Colin

1948-

Orchid collector, conservationist

notes

portrait

BOWKETT, Eva F. ^^

fl. 1883-90

Collected in Qld at Walsh R., Hodgkinson R., Herbert R.

 

 

BOWMAN, Edward Macarthur

1826-1872

Station worker, botanical collector, esp. for Mueller, QLD

notes 

 

BOYCE, John Shaw

1889-

 

 

 

BOYCE, Max W.

fl. 1970s

Botanist

 

 

BOYCE, W.

fl. 1940s

 

 

 

BOYD, A.J. ^^

fl. 1881

Collected fungi at Redlands Bay, QLD

 

 

BOYD, Emma Minnie

1858-1936

Landscape and genre artist, occasionally painted flowers

notes

 

BOYD, T. ^^

fl.1894

Collected at Lake Macquarie, NSW

 

 

BOYLAND, Desmond Ernest*

1941-

Botanist (forestry) at Queensland Herbarium, QLD

notes

portrait

BOYLE, A.C.

fl. 1935

Collected in QLD

 

 

BOYLE, David

1821-1900

Nurseryman, artist, collected for Mueller, VIC

notes

 

BRACKENRIDGE, William Dunlop

1810-1893

Scientist, fern collector, US expeditioner

notes

 

BRADBURY

fl. 1904

 

 

 

BRADHURST, Peggie Joan (Jane), Miss

1926-2016

Illustrator/artist, sometimes botanical, Flora of Aust, NSW

notes

portrait

BRADLEY, Henry Houghton Burton

1845-1918

Lawyer, horticulturalist, naturalist

notes

 

BRADLEY, Patricia B., Mrs

fl. 1980s

Botanist

 

 

BRADSHAW, Joseph

1854-1916

Businessman, pastoralist. Led expedition in Kimberley, WA

notes

 

BRADY, ^^

fl. 1895

Collected at Booral, NSW

 

 

BRADY, Roderick

fl.1903

Exibited wildflower panels painted on wood, WA

 

 

BRAINE, Arthur Belgrave 

1854-1945

Teacher, orchidologist

notes

 

BRAIN, J.H. ^^

fl.

Collected in NSW Specimen at K.

 

 

BRAITHWAITE, G.

 

 

 

 

BRAN, L.G. ^^

fl. 1887

Collected at Cumberland, Qld, May 1887

 

 

BRAND, Arthur ^^

1860-

Storekeeper, newspaper proprietor, pastoralist, Warracknabeal. Collected 1885.

 

 

BRANWHITE, Alan Eddie (Boris)

1946-

Orchid collector, conservationist, NSW

notes

portrait

BRANWHITE, Peter Gordon

1956-2017

Orchid collector, tuber-bank, conservationist, NSW, VIC

notes

portrait

BRANWHITE, Philip John

1951-2015

Orchid collector, artist, conservationist, NSW, VIC

notes

portrait

BRASS, Leonard John, Dr

1900-1971

Explorer, botanist, SE Asia, PNG, Qld

notes 

portrait

BRATT, Geoffrey C.

fl. 1960s

Lichen collector

 

 

BRAY, J.S.

fl. 1830s

 

 

 

BRAY, J. ^^

fl. 1892-95

Collected in NSW at Port Jackson 1892, Sydney 1895

 

 

BRAZIER, John William

1842-1930

Conchologist; at Australian Museum, Sydney

notes

portrait

BREADEN, A. (?Allan) ^^

fl. 1887

Collected near Mt Burrell, NT

 

 

BREAKWELL, Ernest (? J.)

1885-1952

Agronomist, author

notes

 

BREEDEN, Stanley

fl. 1970s

Naturalist

 

 

BREGENZER, H. ^^

fl. 1886

Collected at Ballarat, VIC

 

 

BREIDAHL, Harald Theadore ^^

1853-? 

Danish chemist, collected mosses in Aust. 1889-1912

 

 

BRENT, Francis ^^

fl. 1850

Marine zoologist, collected some algae in WA

 

 

BRESLIN, Bethany

fl. 2000s

Botanical artist, NSW

notes

 

BRETELER, F.J. ^^

fl. 1889

Collected S of Taree, NSW

 

 

BRETON, William Henry, Lieut. ^^

fl. 1830-43

Explorer, Naval Officer, collected NSW, WA, TAS

 

 

BRETT, Robert Lindsay Gordon

1898-1975

High School Superintendent eucalyptologist

notes 

 

BREWER, James Alexander

1818-1886

Postmaster

notes

 

BREWSTER, Agnes A.

fl. 1907-09

Botanist

 

 

BREWSTER, S. [?A.)

fl. 1907-09

 

 

 

BREWSTER, R. ^^

fl. 1875

Collected near Penola, SA

 

 

BRIDGE, Cyprian A.G., Capt.

fl. 1884

Naval officer

 

 

BRIDLE, G. ^^

fl. 1896

Collected on Preston River, WA

 

 

BRIGGS, Barbara Gillian, Dr*

1934-

Herbarium botanist, biosystematist, NSW

notes

portrait

BRIGGS, John D.

1954–

Ecologist, rare and threatened plant specialist, ACT, NSW

notes

portrait

BRIGGS, J. L.

fl. 1980s-90s

Bee-keeper, Warby Range Vic., uncle of John D. Briggs, VIC

 

 

BRIGGS, Walter E.

1866-7–1948?

Forester, collected at Muttaburra, Warrego, Qld, 1886-90, QLD

 

 

BRINTALL, S. E.

fl. 1914

 

 

 

BRITTAN, Norman Henry, Dr*

1920-

Botanist, illustrator

 

 

BRITTLEBANK, Charles Clifton

1862-1945

Illustrator, naturalist, mycologist

notes

portrait

BRITTON, Edward

 

Botanist

 

 

BROADBENT, J. ^^

fl.1892

Collected at Mitta Mitta, VIC

 

 

BROCK, John

1951-

Photographer, author, conservationist, NT

 

portrait

BROCK, Margaret Anne 

1951-

Botanist

 

 

BROCKLEBANK, L.

 

 

 

 

BROCKMAN, Frederick Slade

1857-1917

Explorer, Surveyor-General of WA

notes

 

BROCKMAN, George Julius (also as C.J.)

1850-1912

Pastoralist north-west WA

notes

portrait

BROCKWAY, George Ernest Emerson 

1900-1973

Forester, eucalyptologist 

notes

portrait

BROGDEN, James ^^

fl. <1857

Collected in Australia; 85 specimens sold in London; now at CGE.

 

 

BROMFIELD, C.W. ^^

fl. 1890

Collected on Delatite River, VIC

 

 

BRONGNIART, Adolphe

1801-1876

Palaeobotanist

 

portrait

BROOKER, Murray Ian Hill*

1934-2016

Herbarium botanist, eucalyptologist, SA, WA, ACT

notes

portrait

BROOKES, G. B.

1868-?

Agriculture Dept worker, QLD

notes

 

BROOKING, J. ^^

fl. 1887

Collected toxic plants in WA, specimens at MEL

 

 

BROOKS, John Paul

1848-1930

Pastoralist

notes

 

BROOKS, Sarah Theresa, Miss

1850-1928

Artist, algae collector, VIC, WA.

notes

 

BROOM, R. ^^

fl. 1891-94

Collected at Muldiva, Bolwarra Stn, Herbert R, QLD; Cudal, NSW

 

 

BROOME

 

Palaeobotanical collector

 

 

BROOME, Mary Anne (née STEWART)

1831-1911

Author (as 'Lady Barker'), collected seaweeds

notes

 

BROTHERTON, Anna Mary Winifred, Miss

1874-1956

Collected in Vic; Barker Ck, Loddon R. Castlemaine, Mt Alexander, VIC

notes

 

BROUGH, Patrick

1885-

Botanist

 

 

BROWN, Andrew Phillip

1951-

Orchidologist

 

 

BROWN, Clarence Dircksey ^^

1864-19?

Pearler, station-hand, overseer; Fortescue, WA

 

 

BROWN, Elizabeth Anne

1956-2013

Herbarium botanist, specialising in bryophytes, NZ, NSW

notes

portrait

BROWN, F.H.

fl. 1898

(possibly entry below?)

 

 

BROWN, Forest Buffon Harkness ^^

1873-1959

Collected at Merrigoen [Merrygoen] near Mudgee, NSW

 

 

BROWN, Geoffrey Wilfred

1891-

Collected near Greenhills WA

 

 

BROWN, George

1835-1917

Methodist missionary, Pacific and Aust

notes

portrait

BROWN, G.R. ^^

fl. 1892-99

Forester, collected at Port Macquarie etc, NSW

 

 

BROWN, Henry Yorke Lyell   (? initials H.I.L)

1844-1928

Government geologist, WA, SA, NSW, NZ

notes

portrait

BROWN, J. ^^

fl. 1890

Collected at Tewantin, QLD

 

 

BROWN, John Ednie

1848-1899

Forest conservator, botanist, in Aust from 1878

notes 

portrait

BROWN, John Mrs. ^^

fl. 1895

Specimens collected at Casdereagh River, NSW

 

 

BROWN, Joseph Tilley ^^

1845-1925

Businessman, politician. Had property at Echuca

 

 

BROWN, Kenneth ^^

1837-76

Pastoralist at Glengarry near Geraldton, WA, expeditioner

 

 

BROWN, Lucy   (nee Clifton) ^^

1830-1906

Collected seaweeds for Harvey, Vasse, WA

 

 

BROWN, Malcolm

1938-

Teacher, orchid collector, north QLD

notes

 

BROWN, Maitland

1843-1905

Resident Magistrate, explorer

notes

 

BROWN, Michael James*

1945-

Botanist, plant photographer, WA

 

 

BROWN, Raymond

1947-

Nurseryman, Grevillea Garden manager 1980s, NSW

 

 

BROWN, R.J. ^^

fl. 1891

Collected at Bargo, 'Camborn', NSW

 

 

BROWN, Robert

1773-1858

Naturalist, botanist with Flinders' voyage, author, librarian (botany)

notes

portrait

BROWN, Robert H., Dr

 

 

 

 

BROWN, Robert Neal Rudmore

1879-?

 

 

 

BROWN, Thomas ^^

1836-1919

Pastoralist. Vic, SA, explored NT, settled at Nullarbor Stn

 

 

BROWN, William ^^

fl. 1788

Botanical assistant, gardener, on HMS Bounty with Bligh

 

 

BROWN, William

fl.1885

 

 

 

BROWN, William T. or P. [Either initial on plant labels]

fl. 1925 

 

notes

 

BROWNE, J. Stuart ^^

fl. 1874-77

Collected at Port Lincoln, SA, also possibly Nullarbor Plain 1891

 

 

BROWNE, James Howard*

1919-2004

Shire gardener, VIC

notes

portrait

BROWNE, John Harris, Dr

1817-1904

Surgeon, pastoralist, naturalist, author

notes

portrait

BROWNE, Margaret Marie [Maria], (nee RILEY ) ^^

fl. 1893

Wife of squatter on Murrumbidgee River later police magistrate in NSW

 

 

BROWNLESS, T.H. ^^

fl. 1887

Collected at Deniliquin, NSW

 

 

BROWNSCOMBE, W.S.

fl. 1901-1907

Colected in NSW, Vic

 

 

BRUBAKER, Curt L.

fl. 1990-2000s

Plant systematist CSIRO Canberra, cotton, Gossypium, ACT

notes

portrait

BRUCE, John Leek

1850-1921

Sanitary engineer, teacher

notes

 

BRUCKNER, John (Johannes) ^^

fl. 1885

Collected at Mossgiel between Darling & Lachlan Rivers, NSW

 

 

BRUHL, Jeremy James

1956-

University herbarium botanist, Phyllantheae, Cyperaceae, ACT, NSW

notes

portrait

BRUMBY. F., Miss ^^

fl. 1875-90

Collected in Tas. at Georges Bay, Thomas Plain, Perth, Hamilton-on-Forth, TAS

 

 

BRUMBY, Rebecca ^^

fl. 1885-95

Collected for Mueller in NSW and Victoria, NSW, VIC

 

 

BRUMMITT, Richard Kenneth, Dr

1937-2013

Botanist, author, nomenclaturist, based at Kew, collected in Australia

notes

 

BRUMMITT, Robert, Dr

1851-1927

Medical practitioner, Burra, SA

notes

 

BRUNDOCH, Miss ^^

fl. 1885

Collected on upper Clarence R., NSW

 

 

BRUNDRETT, Mark Christopher

1959- 

Canadian-born fungal botanist, orchids, WA, QLD

notes

portrait

BRUNT, W. ^^

fl. 1886

Collected at Cranbourne, Vic

 

 

BRYAM, W.J. ^^

fl. 1898

Collected freshwater algae at Brisbane, QLD

 

 

BRYANT, H.

fl. 1974-1980

Collected in NSW

 

 

BRYANT, Mrs

 

Herbarium assistant

 

 

BRYMER, Miss ^^

fl. 1897-98

Collected at Hopetoun, VIC

 

 

BRYSON, J. ^^

fl. 1897

Collected at Brushy Mountain near Gloucester, NSW

 

 

BUCHAN, Alexander

-1769

Botanical artist

 

 

BUCHANAN, A.M.

1944-

Herbarium botanist, TAS

 

 

BUCHANAN, D. ^^

fl. 1894

Collected at Mackay, QLD

 

 

BUCHANAN, J.H. ^^

fl. 1896

Collected at Challie near Horsham, VIC

 

 

BUCHANAN, J. ^^

fl. 1886

Collected ferns in NSW

 

 

BUCHANAU, G. ^^

fl. 1888

Collected at Manly, NSW

 

 

BUCHER, W. ^^

fl. 1896

Collected near Henty, VIC

 

 

BÜCHEN-OSMOND, Cornelia

fl. 2000s

Botanical artist, ACT

notes

portrait

BUCHINGER, Jean Daniel ^^

1805-1888

Cited by Beck (1888) as a collector in Australia but apparently in error

 

 

BUCK, E. (? Elizabeth nee Harman) ^^

1827-1905

Collected at Kangaroo Island, SA, husband mariner Kingscote, SA

 

 

BUCKINGHAM, W. ^^

fl. 1886-99

Collected in NSW at Bondi, lichens at Wahroonga, NSW

 

 

BUCKLAND, Thomas ^^

1814-96

Merchant, pastoralist, arrived NSW 1830, travelled widely, incl. Monaro, Dubbo, NSW

 

 

BUCKLAND, Victor ^^

fl. 1890-94

Collected on Thompson R, QLD

 

 

BUCKLER

 

 

 

 

BUCKLEY   (? A.K.) ^^

fl. 1895

Collected at junction of Ovens & Murray Rivers,VIC

 

 

BUCKLEY, Ralf Christopher

fl. 1970s

PhD at ANU, collected Simpson Desert, resource management.

notes

 

BUCKNALL, H. ^^

fl. 1878

Collected at Tulgollni (?), Majorca, VIC

 

 

BUETTNER, ^^

fl. 1848

Collected on Gawler River, SA

 

 

BUFTON, John, Rev.

1855-1911

Clergyman, collected in TAS, NSW, also collected fossils

notes

 

BULFIN, Margaret

fl. 1970s

Botanist

 

 

BULL, Henrietta Ann [Mary] (née Wells) ^^

1830-

Wife of Henry Bull, pioneer settler in WA, collected specimens for James Mangles

 

 

BULL, William Perkins ^^

1819-82

Collected (including mosses) at Tumbarumba, NSW

 

 

BULLER, G.A.

fl. 1890

Collected on Hunter River, NSW

 

 

BULLOCK, Katherine Sarah Mrs (nee Baker)

?-1907

Collected in Wimmera, Vic, upper Darling & Warrego Rivers, QLD/NSW

notes

 

BUNBURY, Amelia Matilda, Mrs (née PRIES)

1863-1956

Collected for Mueller in WA

notes

 

BUNBURY, D.A., Mrs

fl. 1886-1892

 

 

 

BUNBURY, Diana Richardson, Miss

1811-1898

WA plant and algal collector

notes

 

BUNBURY, May Mrs ^^

fl. 1894

Collected at Busselton and elsewhere in southern WA

 

 

BUNBURY, Mervyn ^^

fl. 1882-84

Drover? collected on Gascoyne River, WA

 

 

BUNBURY, Richard Hamner 

1813-1857

Midshipman, squatter, artist 

notes

 

BUNCE, Daniel

1813-1872

Gardens curator, nurseryman, VIC

notes

portrait 

BURBIDGE, Andrew A., Dr

1942-

Wildlife officer, WA

 

 

BURBIDGE, Nancy Tyson, Dr

1912-1977

Botanist, agronomist, herbarium curator, bibliographer, author, ACT

notes

portrait

BURBIDGE, W.

 

 

 

 

BURBURY, Francis Edward 

1866-1955

Microscopist, horticulturist

 

 

BURDETT, William

1871-1940

Orchardist, horticulturist, Adelaide Hills, SA

notes

 

BURGER, Dennis, Dr

fl.1960-85

Palynologist

 

 

BURGES, Alan, Prof.

fl. 1930-1950

Botanist, bryologist, NSW

 

 

BURGES, N.A.

fl. 1933

Collected in NZ

 

 

BURGES, William

fl. 1858

Arrived Swan River, 1830, farmed at Upper Swan, York, Champion Bay, WA

notes

 

BURGESS, C. ^^

fl. 1886

Collected at McPherson Ra., NSW

 

 

BURGESS, Colin Ernest Bryce Hawthorne, Rev

1907-1987

Anglican clergyman, botanist, Canberra Botanic Gardens Herbarium, NSW, ACT

notes

 

BURGIS, Thomas  

fl. 1760s-90s

Botanical artist

 

 

BURGMAN, Mark

1956-

Botanist, ecologist

 

 

BURKE, David

1854-1897

English commercial plant collector, mostly Malaysia and PNG

 

 

BURKE, Don

1947-

Author, Media horticulturist, NSW

 

 

BURKE, W.

fl. 1916-1919

Collected in USA, NSW

 

 

BURKHILL, E.M. ^^

fl. 1897

Collected in VIC, (see expanded note in A. George's ABC book)

 

 

BURKITT, Alexander Horace ^^ (possibly same as next entry)

fl. 1855-64

Flower and fossil painter, plant collector

 

 

BURKITT, Arthur Horace ^^

1836-

Geologist, painter & telegraphist, Williamstown, Geelong, Portland, VIC, then QLD

 

 

BURKITT, Edward ^^

fl. 1861

Lived at Windsor, Vict. Recorded by Mueller as a collector, VIC

 

 

BURKITT, Ellen Gaskin (nee Carige)

c.1840-1916

Wife of stock inspector, collected for Mueller in SA

notes

 

BURKITT, George

1830-? 

Pastoralist, collected at Peak Downs, QLD

 

 

BURKITT, John ^^

1835-

Pastoralist on Lachlan R., NSW, collected Lake Gilles, near Iron Knob, SA

 

 

BURKITT, William Christopher

1839-1908

Sheep farmer, collected near Lake Gilles, SA

 

 

BURN, David ^^

1799-1875

Playwright, journalist, settler, arrived Aust 1826, died in NZ

 

 

BURNABY

 

Phycologist

 

 

BURNELL, T.C. ^^

fl. 1893-97

Collected between Bombala & Cooma, Albury, NSW

 

 

BURNET, Mr ^^

fl. 1830

Sent fossil wood to Edinburgh, lived at Sydney, NSW

 

 

BURNS, A.C.

fl. 1963-1969

Colected in Irwin district of WA

 

 

BURNS, [Cl.] Miss

fl.1890

Collected for Mueller at Richardson River, VIC

 

 

BURNS, S.G.

 

 

 

 

BURNS, Richard Alfred (Dick)

fl. 1980-2000s

Teacher, plant collector, author, TAS

notes

portrait

BURNS, Thomas Edgar*

1905-1983

Teacher, author, horticulturist, TAS

notes

portrait

BURNSIDE, D.G.*

1950-

 

 

 

BURRELL, J.C. ^^

fl. 1893

Collected at Pymble, NSW

 

 

BURRONS, (? Burrows)

fl. 1900

Collected in SA

 

 

BURROW, Robert John Gordon

1877-1957

Chief Inspector of Forests, NSW

notes

 

BURTALL, F.W. ^^

fl. 1889

Collected at Northampton Downs, QLD

 

 

BURTON, David

-1792

Gardener first fleet, convict supervisor, NSW

notes

 

BURTON, Dora, Mrs

fl. 1970s

 

 

 

BURTON, H.S.

 

Lithographer

 

 

BURTON, N. ^^

fl. 1892

Collected at Port Arthur, TAS

 

 

BURTON, R.C. 

fl. 1871-90

Surveyor Overland Telegraph, collected elsewhere

notes

 

BUSSELL, Charlotte Harriet, Miss

1858-1926

Plant collector, WA

notes

 

BUSSELL, Charlotte Josephine

1849-1929

Collected plants for Mueller in WA.

notes

 

BUSSELL, Edith Agnes, Miss

1854-1939

Station manager, plant collector, WA

notes

 

BUSSELL, Filumena Mary, Miss

1876-1944

WA plant collector (see note)

 

 

BUSSELL, Frances Louisa, Miss

1851-1925

WA plant collector (see note)

 

 

BUSSELL, Grace Vernon, Miss

1860-1935

Heroine of the 1876 Georgette shipwreck, WA plant collector (see note)

 

portrait

BUSSELL, Violet May, Miss

1869-?

Plant collector, WA

 

 

BUTLER, Amy S. Miss

fl.1889

Teacher ladies college, South Yarra, collected at Windsor, VIC

 

 

BUTTLER, Ann Miss

fl.1887-88

Collected for Mueller at Dumaresq and Macintyre Rivers, NSW

 

 

BUTLER, Annie, Miss ^^

fl. 1860-90s

Painted published watercolours of Aust flora, collected NSW, QLD

 

 

BUTLER, Geoffrey

1951-

Plumber, horticulturist, nurseryman, consultant, ACT

notes

portrait

BUTLER, William Henry (Harry)

1930-2015

Naturalist, author, media personality, WA

notes

portrait

BUTLER, Rev. ^^

fl. 1893

Collected moss at Bathurst Harbour TAS

 

 

BYERLEY, Frederick John ^^

fl. 1881

Road engineer, collected at Rockhampton, Springsure, QLD

 

 

BYNOE, Benjamin, Dr

?1803-1865

Naval Surgeon, plant collector

notes 

 

BYRAM, William J. ^^

1864-1922

Solicitor, freshwater algae interest, collected QLD

 

 

BYRNE, A.

fl. 1857

Collected at Warrnambool, VIC

 

 

BYRNE, Elizabeth

fl. 1810-1849

Botanical engraver

notes

 

BYRNE, P.M. (sometimes J.) ^^

fl. 1880s

Pastoralist, collected at Charlotte Waters, NT

 

 

BYRNES, Norman Brice*

1922-1998

Botanist in Darwin, then Queensland Herbarium, NT, QLD

notes 

portrait

BYRNES, ^^

fl. 1898

Collected on lower Darling River, NSW

 

 

         

 

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.


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