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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2025-07-01 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000234b.htm person Blackall William Edward AACR2 8 July 1876 7 October 1941 Place of Birth Folkestone, Kent, England Place of Death Western Australia, Australia Botanist Physician William Blackall was a physician who came to Western Australia in 1904 to take the post of Medical Officer at the Fremantle Asylum. He established his own private practice in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe in 1910, while his wider medical positions included surgeon to the orthopaedic ward, Lady Lawley Cottage by the Sea; and consultant to the Mosman Park school for deaf children. During WWI he served in several theatres, ending with the 1st Australian Field Ambulance. For 18 years after the end of the war he was assistant director of hygiene for base headquarters, 5th Military District, Australian Army Medical Corps reserve. Blackall was a keen botanist and visited the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1935. He worked to produce a key to the Western Australian flora. This was uncompleted at his death, but prepared for publication by Brian Grieve. How to know Western Australian wildflowers (generally known as Blackall and Grieve) was produced in multiple volumes and editions, and has become one of the standards texts on the Western Australian flora. The Blackall Prize in the University of Western Australia is awarded annually to the most promising student of botany. Blackall's collection of over 5,000 plant specimens was deposited after his death in the Western Australian Herbarium. The plant genus Blackallia (Rhamnaceae) was named in his honour. 1900 1900 Education - BA, University of Oxford 1904 1904 Education - BM, BCh, University of Oxford 1904 1904 Education - MA, University of Oxford 1904 1910 Career position - Medical officer, Fremantle Asylum, Western Australia 1910 1910 Career event - Established general practice, Cottesloe, Western Australia 1914 1916 Military service - Volunteer gunner, Australian Field Artillery 1916 1917 Military service - Honorary captain, Australian Imperial Force 1917 1918 Military service - 1st Australian Field General Hospital and 1st Australian Field Ambulance 1919 1936 Military service - Assistant director of hygiene for base headquarters, 5th Military District, Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve Western Australian Herbarium, Western Australian Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (1929 - )

The Herbarium holds Blackall's collection of over 5,000 specimens

 Grieve, Brian John (1907 - 1997)

completed Blackall's work on the Western Australian flora for publication as How to know Western Australian wildflowers

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 Blackall, William E (1876-1941)

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 'Blackall, William Edward', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Blackall, William Edward Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Conference Proceedings: History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a symposium held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988 Short, Philip S. History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a symposium held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988 South Yarra, Vic. Australian Systematic Botany Society Inc. 1990 Edited Book: Flora of Australia Flora of Australia 2nd Canberra Australian Biological Resources Study 1999 Book Section: Blackall, William Edward (1876-1941), medical practitioner and botanist Grieve, B. J. Blackall, William Edward (1876-1941), medical practitioner and botanist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 307 Book: How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia Blackall, William E. and Grieve, Brian J. How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia Perth University of Western Australia Press 1954-1963 Resource: B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Book: A doctor in the garden: nomen medici in botanicis: Australian flora and the world of medicine Pearn, John Hemsley A doctor in the garden: nomen medici in botanicis: Australian flora and the world of medicine Herston, Qld Amphion Press 2001 Journal Article: Botany in Western Australia: a survey of progress: 1900 - 1971: Presidential address 1971 Grieve, Brian J. Botany in Western Australia: a survey of progress: 1900 - 1971: Presidential address 1971 1975 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 33-53 58 2 33-53 Book: Botanists of Australian Acacias: Short Biographies of People Who Have Named Australian Species, Whose Names Have Been Given to Species or Who Have Collected Type Material, But Excluding Any Who Are Included in 'Botanists of the Eucalypts' Hall, Norman Botanists of Australian Acacias: Short Biographies of People Who Have Named Australian Species, Whose Names Have Been Given to Species or Who Have Collected Type Material, But Excluding Any Who Are Included in 'Botanists of the Eucalypts' Melbourne CSIRO 1984 William Edward Blackall - Records Western Australia Herbarium William Edward Blackall - Records 58(047) Bla 1931 - 1940 Original and photocopy of collecting notebook July 1931 - September 1940, nos. 1-4914 [1 volume, 58(047) Bla]. 2 volumes William Edward Blackall - Records State Records Office of Western Australia William Edward Blackall - Records 1904 - 1941 Field notebooks c1904-41. Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes