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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-05-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000431b.htm person Gardner Charles Austin MBE AACR2 6 January 1896 24 February 1970 Place of Birth Gressingham, Lancashire, England Place of Death Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia Botanist Conservationist Educator Botanist Charles Gardner was the Government Botanist of Western Australia from 1929 to 1960 and also lectured in Botany at the University of Western Australia for almost 40 years (1924-1962). After his retirement in 1960 he became a member of the State Gardens Board (later National Parks Board) and had a role in securing 5 extensive areas as flora reserves. The Western Australian Herbarium holds over 20,000 of Gardner's specimens. 1920 1921? Career position - Botanical collector, West Australian Forests Department 1921 1921 Career position - Botanist to the Kimberley Exploration Expedition under Surveyor W. R. Easton 1923 1923 Publication - Book: Botanical Notes, Kimberley Division of Western Australia, Forests Department Bulletin No. 32 1924 1924 Taxonomy event - Honoured with Eucalyptus gardneri Maiden 1924 1928 Career position - Botanist, West Australian Department of Agriculture 1924 1962 Career position - Lecturer in Botany, University of Western Australia 1925 1925 Taxonomy event - Collector of the type Eucalyptus albida Maiden & Blakely 1925 1925 Taxonomy event - Collector of the type Eucalyptus desmondensis Maiden & Blakely 1925 1925 Taxonomy event - Collector of the type Eucalyptus ovularis Maiden & Blakely 1928 1928 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus carnei C.A. Gardner January 1929 June 1960 Career position - Government Botanist and Curator of the State Herbarium 1934 1934 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus coronata C.A. Gardner 1937 1939 Career position - Australian Botanical Liaison Officer, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, England 1941 1942 Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia 1949 1949 Award - Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1950 1950 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus oleosa var. plenissima C.A. Gardner 1950 1950 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus oleosa var. obtusa C.A. Gardner 1952 1966 Career event - Published the series "Trees of Western Australia" in the Journal of agriculture, Western Australia 1961 1961 Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 1964 1964 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus cupularis C.A. Gardner 1969 1969 Award - Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Western Australian Herbarium, Western Australian Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (1929 - )

Government Botanist and Curator 1929 - 1960; the Herbarium holds over 20,000 of his specimens

 Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1878 - )

Awarded the Medal 1961

 The University of Western Australia (1911 - )

Lectured in Botany 1924 - 1962

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1759 - )

Australian Botanical Liaison Officer 1937 - 1939

 Royal Society of Western Australia (1914 - )

President 1941 - 1942

 Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (1940 - )

Awarded the Medallion 1969

 Dell, Edgar (1901 - 2008)

Dell's botanical illustrations were published in Gardner's books

 Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia (1924 - )

Awarded the Medal 1949

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 Gardner, C A (1896-)

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 'Gardner, Charles Austin', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Gardner, Charles Austin Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: In the Footsteps of James Drummond with Charles Austin Gardner Perry, D. H. In the Footsteps of James Drummond with Charles Austin Gardner 1971 Western Australian Naturalist 11 8 178-180 Book Section: Gardner, Charles Austin (1896-1970), botanist Marchant, N.G. Gardner, Charles Austin (1896-1970), botanist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1996 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel John Ritchie 248-249 Journal Article: Obituary: C. A. Gardner, MBE Obituary: C. A. Gardner, MBE 1970 Western Australian Naturalist 11 7 168-172 Journal Article: Obituary: C. A. Gardner, MBE Obituary: C. A. Gardner, MBE 1970 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 53 2 63 Book: Enumeratio plantarum australiae occidentalis : a systematic census of the plants occurring in Western Australia Gardner, C. A. Enumeratio plantarum australiae occidentalis : a systematic census of the plants occurring in Western Australia Perth Government Printer 1930 Book: Botanical notes : Kimberley Division of Western Australia Gardner, C. A. Botanical notes : Kimberley Division of Western Australia Perth Government Printer 1923 Book: Poison plants of south-western Australia Dell, Edgar; descriptions by C. A. Gardner Poison plants of south-western Australia Perth West Australian Newspapers 1937 Book: The toxic plants of Western Australia Gardner, C. A.; and Bennetts, H. W. The toxic plants of Western Australia Perth West Australian Newspapers 1956 Book: Key to the eucalypts of Western Australia: with descriptive and botanical notes concerning all arborescent species of eucalyptus known to be indigenous to Western Australia Kessell, S.L.; and Gardner, C.A. Key to the eucalypts of Western Australia: with descriptive and botanical notes concerning all arborescent species of eucalyptus known to be indigenous to Western Australia Perth, W.A. Forests Department 1924 Journal Article: The Western Australian State Herbarium Gardner, C. A. The Western Australian State Herbarium 1947 Australasian herbarium news 1 19-21 Book: West Australian wildflowers Gardner, C. A.; illustrated by Edgar Dell West Australian wildflowers 3rd Perth West Australian Newspapers 1941 Journal Article: The early collecting numbers of Charles A. Gardner. Wilson, P. G. The early collecting numbers of Charles A. Gardner. 1988 Australian Systematic Botany Society newsletter 54 4-6 Journal Article: Obituary: C. A. Gardner, M.B.E. Serventy, D. L. Obituary: C. A. Gardner, M.B.E. 1970 Western Australian naturalist 11 168-72 Journal Article: Documenting a flora: a History of the Western Australian Herbarium and its Collections Marchant, Neville Documenting a flora: a History of the Western Australian Herbarium and its Collections 2005 Early Days: Journal of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society 12 566-83 Journal Article: Charles Austin Gardner, MBE: From Boyhood to a Life of Great Achievement Gardner, Walter Charles Austin Gardner, MBE: From Boyhood to a Life of Great Achievement 2003 New Norcia Studies 11 September 38-48 Book: A Botanical Journey: the Story of the Western Australian Herbarium Underwood, Roger A Botanical Journey: the Story of the Western Australian Herbarium Perth Department of Environment and Conservation 2011 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

Source used to compile entry

 Charles Austin Gardner - Records Western Australia Herbarium Charles Austin Gardner - Records 1923 - 1937 Field notebooks and collecting books 1921-57 including descriptive notes on botanical specimens collected from various districts of Western Australia (66 volumes); notes and diagrams of botanical specimens collected by Gardner 1928-66? (29 volumes) [58(047) Gar]. Photocopy of the systematic list of specimens in the first and main collections held by the Benedictine Community of New Norcia 1923 [28 pages, 581.9(941) Gar]. Letter from F.L.E. Diels in Berlin, 2 September 1923 [1 page, 58(044) Die]. Draft typescript copy of 'Flora of Western Australia' Volume 1 parts 2-9, undated [1 volume and 14 files, F581.9(941) Gar]. Western Australian plants listed and described by Gardner 1960s? [150 pages, 58(083.4) WA].