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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2002-07-23 human Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A002095b.htm corporateBody National Herbarium of Victoria AACR2 December 1896 Start Place South Yarra, Victoria, Australia Location Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra, Victoria 3141 Collection Management Plant Science Herbarium Conservation or Environment Taxonomic botany The National Herbarium of Victoria dates from December 1896 when the change of name from the Botanical Museum of Melbourne was gazetted. It is one of Australia's largest and most significant botanical collections, holding over 2 million specimens including large numbers of Australian type specimens. Since 1925 the Herbarium has been a constituent part of the Melbourne Botanic Gardens (later Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne). With the passing of the Royal Botanic Gardens Act in 1991 (with effect from 1 July 1992) the Herbarium, its Chief Scientist and its collections including the library and archives (which were designated the State Botanical Collection) were given legislative definition. In 1935 the Herbarium moved from its original home in the Domain to a site within the Botanic Gardens. The senior officer of the Herbarium is the Government (later Chief) Botanist.

The Herbarium has been administered by these Victorian Colonial and State Government authorities:
December 1896 - 1902 Chief Secretary's Department
1902 - 1913 Department of Agriculture
1913 - 1925 Chief Secretary's Department
1925 - 1983 Department of Crown Lands and Survey
1983 - 1990 Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands
1990 - 1992 Department of Conservation and Environment
1992 - Royal Botanic Gardens Board.

Those holding office as Government (later Chief) Botanist were:
1896 - 1904 Johann Luehmann (styled Curator 1896 - 1900)
1906 - 1921 Alfred Ewart (part-time; concurrently Professor of Botany at the University of Melbourne)
1921 - 1925 William Laidlaw (concurrently Director of the Melbourne Botanic Garden 1924 - 1925)
1925 - 1941 John Rae (concurrently Director of the Melbourne Botanic Garden)
1941 - 1957 Alexander Jessep (concurrently Director of the Melbourne Botanic Garden)
1957 - 1970 Richard Pescott (concurrently Director of the Melbourne Botanic Garden (later Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne))
1971 - 1991 David Churchill (concurrently Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne)
1993 - 2005 James Ross (styled Chief Botanist)
2005 - David Cantrill

 Australasian Virtual Herbarium (c. 2001 - ) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (1972 - ) Botanical Museum of Melbourne, Colony of Victoria (1853 - 1896) Winnecke, Charles George Alexander (1857 - 1902)

The Herbarium holds Winnecke's botanical specimens

 Brooks, Sarah Theresa (1850 - 1928)

Over 900 specimens collected by Brooks are in the Herbarium

 Foreman, Donald Bruce (Don) (1945 - 2004)

Collections Manager 1994 - 1998; over 2,000 specimens are in the Herbarium

 Ramsay, Hilda Eileen (Eileen) (1886 - 1961)

Collection of 1,000 specimens from the Mallee region accessioned 2016

 Tepper, Johann Gottlieb Otto (1841 - 1923)

Over 3,200 specimens held by the Herbarium

 Watts, Henry (1828 - 1889)

The Herbarium holds Watts's algal specimens

 Wilson, Francis Robert Muter (1832 - 1903) Ewart, Alfred James (1872 - 1937)

Government Botanist 1906 - 1921

 McFarlane, Samuel (1837 - 1911)

The Herbarium holds McFarlane's New Guinean specimens

 Watts, William Walter (1856 - 1920)

Watt's specimens are in th Herbarium

 Holtze, Maurice William (1840 - 1923)

Specimens from northern Australia were donated to the Herbarium

 Corrick, Margaret Georgina (1922 - 2020)

Technical Assistant (later Officer) 1975 - 1987; Honorary Associate 1987 - 2008; the Herbarium holds nearly 6,000 of Corrick's specimens

 Kempe, Friedrich Adolf Hermann (Hermann) (1844 - 1928)

The Herbarium holds over 800 of his specimens

 White, Mary Dunbar (1910 - 1996)

White's paintings were donated to the Herbarium

 Thies, Arthur Wolfgang (1918 - 2013)

Honorary Associate and Curator of Bryological Collection 1995 - 2004

 Fitzalan, Eugene Fitzherbert Albini (1830 - 1911)

Over 2,000 specimens collected in Queensland between 1860 and 1900 are in the Herbarium

 Rule, Kevin James (1941 - )

Honorary Associate 2005 -

 Forrest, John (1847 - 1918)

Over 1,900 of Forrest's specimens are in the Herbarium

 Forrest, Alexander (1849 - 1901)

Over 900 of Forrest's specimens are in the Herbarium

 Hillebrand, Wilhelm (1821 - 1886)

The Herbarium holds Hillebrand's specimens from southeast Australia and Hawaii

 Tenison-Woods, Julian Edmund (1832 - 1889)

Over 900 specimens were purchased after his death

 Bissell, Walter K

The National Herbarium of Victoria holds specimens collected by Walter Bissell between 1867 and 1880.

 Beckler, Hermann (1828 - 1914)

Over 2,800 specimens are in the Herbarium, including those from the Victorian Exploring Expedition

 O'Shanesy, Patrick Adams (1837 - 1884)

The Herbarium holds over 2,000 of O'Shanesy's specimens.

 Wakefield, Norman Arthur (1918 - 1972)

Over 3,500 of Wakefield's specimens were deposited in the National Herbarium of Victoria

 Birch, Charles Weldon (1821 - 1894)

Approximately 700 specimens are in the Herbarium

 North Australian Exploring Expedition (1855 - 1856)

The specimens collected by Mueller are in the Herbarium.

 Albrecht, David Edward (1962 - )

Identifications Botanist 1987 - 1993; the Herbarium holds over 5,800 of Albrecht's specimens

 Officer, Ernest (1870 - 1936)

Specimens collected by Officer in Western and Central Australia 1928 are in the Herbarium

 Friederich, Anna (c. 1845 - )

Donated specimens

 Warburton, Peter Egerton (1813 - 1889)

Over 500 specimens from Warburton's exploring expeditions are in the Herbarium

 Gulliver, Thomas Allen (1848 - 1931)

The Herbarium holds over 1,000 specimens collected by the Gulliver siblings (Thomas, Benjamin and Susannah)

 Gulliver, Benjamin John (1851 - 1938)

The Herbarium holds over 1,000 specimens collected by the Gulliver siblings (Thomas, Benjamin and Susannah)

 Gulliver, Susannah (1857 - 1938)

The Herbarium holds over 1,000 specimens collected by the Gulliver siblings (Thomas, Benjamin and Susannah)

 Crouch, Maria (c. 1841 - 1889)

The Herbarium holds over 200 specimens collected by Crouch

 Kennedy, Mary Bozzom (1838 - 1915)

The Herbarium holds over 550 of her specimens

 James, Elizabeth Ann (1956 - )

Conservation geneticist (1995 - )

 Williamson, Herbert Bennett (1860 - 1931)

Williamson's personal herbariun was bequeathed to the Herbarium

 Henshall, Thomas Sharland (Tom) (1925 - 2020)

Collected plants for the Hernarium 1964 - c.19875: the Herbarium hold c.800 specimens

 Weymouth, William Anderson (1841 - 1928)

The Herbarium holds over 500 of Weymouth's specimens

 Filson, Rex Bertram (1930 - )

Lichenologist 1970 - 1980; Senior Botanist 1980 - 1988; the Herbarium holds Filson's original illustrations and over 10,800 specimens

 Tisdall, Henry Thomas Normanton (1836 - 1905)

Tisdall's specimens and paintings of fungi are in the Herbarium

 Jessep, Alexander William (1892 - 1991)

Government Botanist 1941 - 1957

 Allender, Marie (1921 - 1995)

Herbarium Assistant 1957 - 1980; the Herbarium holds over 500 of Allender's specimens

 Stone, Ilma Grace (1913 - 2001)

The Herbarium holds c.15,000 of Stone's specimens

 Beauglehole, Alexander Clifford (1920 - 2002)

Beauglehole donated over 60,000 botanical specimens to the Herbarium

 Diels, Friedrich Ludwig Emil (1874 - 1945)

Duplicate specimens from Diels' collection in Berlin were distributed to this Herbarium (and others) before the collection's destruction in WWII

 Walcott, Pemberton (1834 - 1883)

The Herbarium holds over 470 of Pemberton's specimens

 Walter, Charles (c. 1831 - 1907)

The Herbarium holds over 230 Walter specimens

 Behr, Hermann Hans (1818 - 1904)

The Herbarium holds over 300 Behr specimens

 FitzGerald, Robert David (1830 - 1892)

The Herbarium holds over 250 Fitzgerald specimens

 Howitt, Alfred William (1830 - 1908)

The Herbarium holds over 1,300 Howitt specimens

 Oldfield, Augustus Frederick (1820 - 1887)

The Herbarium holds over 3,500 Oldfield specimens

 Hart, Thomas Stephen (1871 - 1960)

The Herbarium holds over 400 Hart specimens

 Hill, Walter (1820 - 1904)

The Herbarium holds over 500 of Hill's specimens

 Stuart, Charles (1802 - 1877)

The Herbarium holds over 7,000 Stuart specimens

 Atkinson, Caroline Louisa Waring (1834 - 1872)

Over 800 of Atkinson's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Clarkson, Barnard Drummond (1836 - 1909)

Specimens from 1864 expedition with Charles Harper are in the Herbarium

 Udovicic, Frank (1966 - )

Manager, Plant Sciences 2003 -

 Muelleria (1956 - )

Publisher of Muelleria 1956 -

 Aston, Helen Isobel (1934 - 2020)

Curator 1982 - 1991

 Eaton, Alice (1870 - 1932)

Over 750 of Eaton's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Eaton, Mary Martha (1868 - 1941)

Over 400 of Eaton's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Gribble, Mary Ann Elizabeth (1848 - 1929)

Over 300 of Gribble's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Guerin, Jane (1846 - 1890)

Over 200 of Guerin's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Hodgkinson, Mary (c. 1824 - 1889)

Over 500 of Hodgkinson's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Holding, Charlotte Elizabeth (c. 1828 - 1916)

Over 350 of Holding's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Irvine, Jemima Frances (1822 - 1918)

Over 600 of Irvine's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Wehl, Louise Therese (1860 - 1952)

The Herbarium has over 200 of her specimens

 Wehl, Marie Magdalene (1862 - 1960)

Fungal specimens with accompanying paintings are in the Herbarium

 Molyneux, William Mitchell (Bill) (1935 - )

Honorary Associate 2004 -

 Spencer, Jessie (1859 - 1936)

Over 250 of Spencer's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 St John, Percival Reginald Harry (1872 - 1944)

The Herbarium holds over 3,600 specimens collected by St John

 Sewell, Julia (c. 1847 - 1914)

Over 1,000 of Sewell's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Walsh, Neville (1956 - )

Senior Conservation Botanist 1999 - 2023

 Wilhelmi, Johann Friederich Carl (1829 - 1884)

Over 1,000 specimens collected by Wilhelmi are in the Herbarium

 Victorian Exploring Expedition (1860 - 1861)

Herman Beckler's specimens from the Victorian Exploring Expedition are in the Herbarium

 Helms, Richard (1842 - 1914)

The Herbarium holds over 1,300 of Helms's specimens

 D'Alton, St Eloy (1850 - 1930)

The Herbarium holds over 800 of D'Alton's specimens

 Hannaford, Samuel G. (1828 - 1874)

The Herbarium holds over 750 of Hannaford's specimens

 Walters, Neville E. M. (Nev) (1910? - 2004)

Walters' collection of over 5,000 specimens was transferred from the CSIRO Division of Building Research to the Herbarium in 1999

 Giles, William Ernest Powell (Ernest) (1835 - 1897)

The Herbarium holds over 700 specimens collected by Giles

 Young, Jess (1852 - 1909)

The Herbarium holds approximately 250 of Young's specimens

 Tietkens, William Henry (1844 - 1933)

The Herbarium holds approximately 250 of Tietkens's specimens

 Fuhrer, Bruce Alexander (1930 - 2023)

Honorary Associate 1995 - 1998; the Herbarium holds Fuhrer's personal herbarium, collection of photographs and manuscripts

 French, Charles Hamilton (1868 - 1950)

The Herbarium hold over 1,000spms collected by French

 French, Charles (1842 - 1933)

The Herbarium holds over 1,000 of French's specimens

 Lyell, George (1866 - 1951)

The Herbarium holds Lyell's collection of orchid specimens

 Forrest, Margaret Elvire (1844 - 1929)

Over 200 of Forrest's specimens are in the Herbarium

 Darragh, Thomas Alwynne (Tom) (1940 - )

Honorary Associate 1987 -

 Dietrich, Koncordie Amalie (1821 - 1891)

Over 2,800 of Dietrich's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 King, Georgina (1845 - 1932)

Nearly 300 of King's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Scott, Helena (1832 - 1910)

Nearly 300 of Scott's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Luehmann, Johann Georg (1843 - 1904)

Clerk, acting as Curator 1896 - 1900; Government Botanist and Curator of the Herbarium 1900 - 1904

 Baeuerlen, William (1840 - 1917)

A substantial part of Bäuerlen's collections is held at the National Herbarium of Victoria.

 Galbraith, Jean (1906 - 1999)

Over 1,000 of Galbraith's specimen were lodged in the Herbarium

 Willis, James Hamlyn (Jim) (1910 - 1995)

Botanist 1939 - 1961; Assistant Government Botanist 1961 - 1972; nearly 19,000 of Willis's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Maxwell, George (1804 - 1879)

Over 3,000 of Maxwell's plant specimens are in the Herbarium

 Biddulph, Ellen Caroline (1855 - 1917)

Nearly 400 of Biddulph's specimens are in the Herbarium

 Bunbury, Diana Richardson (1811 - 1898)

Over 400 specimens collected by Bunbury are in the Herbarium

 Biddulph, Harriette (1839 - 1940)

Over 400 of Biddulph's specimens are in the Herbarium

 Warburton, Mary Egerton (1851 - 1930)

Over 300 of Warburton's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Cronin, Mary Ann (1871 - 1974)

Over 1,200 of Cronin's specimens are in the Herbarium

 Thozet, Anthelme (c. 1826 - 1878)

The Herbarium holds over 1,400 of Thozet's specimens

 Sewell, Geraldine Allen (1861 - 1900)

Over 300 of Sewell's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Richards, Anne Frances (Annie) (1845 - 1930)

Over 400 of Richards's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Knight, Ann Augusta (Gussie) (1840 - 1904)

Over 200 of Knight's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Dallachy, John (c. 1803 - 1871)

The Herbarium holds over 7,500 specimens collected by Dallachy in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland between c.1849 and 1871

 Sinkora, Doris Martha (1927 - 2017)

Technical Assistant 1968 - 1992; over 2,500 phycological specimens are in the Herbarium

 Bowman, Edward McArthur (1826 - 1872)

The Herbarium holds over 2,000 of Bowman's specimens

 Carter, Sarah Henriette (Henriette) (1822 - 1925)

Over 300 of Carter's specimens are in the Herbarium

 Wehl, Clara Christine Maria (1833 - 1901)

The Herbarium has over 150 of Wehl's specimens.

 Bate, Mary Harriet (1855 - 1951)

Over 350 of Bates' specimens are in the Herbarium.

 Oakden, Emma (1848 - 1889)

Over 250 of Oakden's specimens are in the Herbarium

 Murphy, Patricia Joan (Pat) (1930 - 2006)

Over 1,100 of Murphy's specimens from the Ballarat area were deposited in the Herbarium

 McHard, Mary Ann (1825 - 1912)

Over 2,000 of McHard's specimens are in the Herbarium

 McCann, Annie Bellew (1838 - 1924)

Over 200 of McCann's specimens are in the Herbarium

 Hussey, Jessie (1862 - 1899)

Over 700 of Hussey's specimens are in the Herbarium

 Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, State of Victoria (1958 - ) Melbourne Botanic Gardens, Colony and State of Victoria (1846 - 1958)

The Herbarium became subordinate to the Gardens in 1925

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 'National Herbarium of Victoria', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology National Herbarium of Victoria Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Conference Paper: Politics and the Purchase of Private Herbaria by the National Herbarium of Victoria Short, P.S. Politics and the Purchase of Private Herbaria by the National Herbarium of Victoria Melbourne Australian Systematic Botany Society 1990 History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988 Short, P.S. 5-12 Resource Section: Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project South Yarra National Herbarium of Victoria 2021 Journal Article: Biographical Notes on George Lyell, Victorian Lepidopterist [Part 1] Hewish, Marilyn Biographical Notes on George Lyell, Victorian Lepidopterist [Part 1] 2014 Victorian Entomologist 44 5 96-106 Journal Article: Moss collections from Lord Howe Island in the National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) Thies, A. W. Moss collections from Lord Howe Island in the National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) 2000 The Victorian naturalist 117 10-13 Journal Article: The Botany of the Victoria Exploring Expedition (September 1860-June 1861) and of Relief Contingents from Victoria (July 1861-Noveber 1862) Willis, J. H. The Botany of the Victoria Exploring Expedition (September 1860-June 1861) and of Relief Contingents from Victoria (July 1861-Noveber 1862) 1962 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 75 247-268 Journal Article: The Close Union Between the Herbarium and the Naturalists Cohn, Helen M. The Close Union Between the Herbarium and the Naturalists 2005 The Victorian naturalist 122 281-9 Journal Article: Ferdinand Mueller's Female Plant Collectors: a Biographical Register Maroske, Sara and Vaughan, Alison Ferdinand Mueller's Female Plant Collectors: a Biographical Register 2014 Muelleria 32 92-172 Journal Article: 150 Years: the National Herbarium of Victoria, 1853-2003 Cohn, Helen M. 150 Years: the National Herbarium of Victoria, 1853-2003 2003 Muelleria 17 3-14 Book Section: Germans at the Melbourne Botanic Garden and Herbarium, 1853-96 Maroske, Sara Germans at the Melbourne Botanic Garden and Herbarium, 1853-96 Bundoora, Victoria La Trobe University 2000 Baron von Mueller's German Melbourne Ellen I. Mitchell 24-34 Journal Article: W. H. Harvey's Australian Travelling Set of Algae in the Herbarium of Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and the National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL), Australia Parnell, John A. N.; Womersley, H. Bryan S.; Sinkora, Doris, Vaughan, Alison and Huisman, John M. W. H. Harvey's Australian Travelling Set of Algae in the Herbarium of Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and the National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL), Australia 2010 Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 110B 2 119-61 Journal Article: The phycological collections of the National Herbarium of Victoria Sinkora, Doris The phycological collections of the National Herbarium of Victoria 2018 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 174 10-2 Journal Article: The herbarium and plant collections of Norman A. Wakefield (1918-1972) Aston, H. I. The herbarium and plant collections of Norman A. Wakefield (1918-1972) 1972 Muelleria 4 251-63 Journal Article: Identified types in the Wilhelm Hillebrand collections in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Grimes, James W. Identified types in the Wilhelm Hillebrand collections in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne 2000 Muelleria 14 41-49 Journal Article: Watch Dog Over the Herbarium: Alfred Ewart, Victorian Government Botanist, 1906-1921 Cohn, Helen M. Watch Dog Over the Herbarium: Alfred Ewart, Victorian Government Botanist, 1906-1921 2005 Historical Records of Australian Science 16 2 139-167 Book: Nature's art revealed: 150 years of botanical art at the National Herbarium of Victoria 1853-2003 Cohn, Helen M.; and Thurlow, J. Nature's art revealed: 150 years of botanical art at the National Herbarium of Victoria 1853-2003 South Yarra, Vic. National Herbarium of Victoria 2003 Journal Article: An update on the Foreign Collection Project at MEL Le Get, Rebecca; Macheda, Rita; Pacitti, Eugenia; and Vaughan, Luke An update on the Foreign Collection Project at MEL 2021 Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter 188 45-9 Journal Article: Retracing history through herbarium specimens Milne, Pina Retracing history through herbarium specimens 2020 Studies in Western Australian history 35 75-87 Journal Article: The Eileen Ramsay collection at the National Herbarium of Victoria Vaughan, Alison The Eileen Ramsay collection at the National Herbarium of Victoria 2017 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 171 18-22 Journal Article: Arthur Wolfgang Thies, 10 October 1918 - 20 February 2013 Presland, Gary Arthur Wolfgang Thies, 10 October 1918 - 20 February 2013 2013 The Victorian naturalist 130 2 86 Journal Article: The Legacy of Mueller's Collections Ross, J.H. The Legacy of Mueller's Collections 1996 The Victorian naturalist 113 146-150 Resource: Resources of Australian Herbaria [online] Cowley, K. J.; West, J. G Resources of Australian Herbaria [online] Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research 2002 Journal Article: Mary D. White's botanical art collection White, Sally Mary D. White's botanical art collection 2026 Angair quarterly Autumn Autumn 16 Book: Wendland's palms: Hermann Wendland (1825 - 1903) of Herrenhausen Gardens, Hannover: his contribution to the taxonomy and horticulture of the palms (Arecaceae) Dowe, John Leslie Wendland's palms: Hermann Wendland (1825 - 1903) of Herrenhausen Gardens, Hannover: his contribution to the taxonomy and horticulture of the palms (Arecaceae) Berlin Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin 2019 Book: Resources of Australian Herbaria: a Guide to Herbaria Located in Australia Cowley, K. J.; West, J. G Resources of Australian Herbaria: a Guide to Herbaria Located in Australia Canberra Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research 1999 National Herbarium of Victoria National Herbarium of Victoria 23 January 2013 Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje, Ailie Smith National Herbarium of Victoria National Herbarium of Victoria 23 January 2013 Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje, Ailie Smith

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