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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-05-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001232b.htm person Everist Selwyn Lawrence AACR2 22 April 1913 22 October 1981 Place of Birth Tewantin, Queensland, Australia Place of Death South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Botanist Museum director Selwyn Everist was a botanist widely known for his expertise in Australia's poisonous plants. He spent his career with the Botany Branch of the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock (and its successors), joining in 1930 and later serving as Director of the Branch and the Queensland Herbarium. His work in identifying the plants involved in the Birdsville horse disease and the St George disease of sheep and cattle led him to a life-long study of poisonous plants. His book Poisonous plants of Australia (1974, revised edition 1981) is considered definitive in the field. As Government Botanist and later Director, Everist oversaw the modernisation of the Queensland Herbarium: during his tenure the Herbarium was the first in Australia to embark on a program of digitising its plant specimen records. The Herbarium is the principal repository of his collections. January 1929 Career event - Joined Queensland public service as cadet clerk 1930 1933 Career position - Clerk, Botany Section, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock 1933 1937 Career position - Botanist, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock 1937 1937 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Queensland 1937 1942 Career position - Assistant Research Officer, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock at Blackall 1942 1946 Military service - Second World War. Flight Lieutenant, Meteorologist, Royal Australian Air Force 1946 1954 Career position - Botanist, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock July 1954 1971 Career position - Government Botanist, Queensland Herbarium 1958 1959 Career position - President, Queensland Naturalists' Club 1961 1961 Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland 1971 1976 Career position - Director, Botany Branch and Queensland Herbarium, Department of Primary Industries 1976 1976 Life event - Retired 1977 1977 Award - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), honoris causa, University of Queensland Royal Society of Queensland (1884 - )

President 1961

 Queensland Herbarium (1855 - )

Government Botanist 1954 - 1971; Director 1971 - 1976

 Queensland Naturalists' Club (1922 - )

President 1958 - 1959

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 Everist, S L (1913-1981)

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 'Everist, Selwyn Lawrence', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Everist, Selwyn Lawrence Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Everist, Selwyn Lawrence (1913-1981), botanist Johnson, R. W. Everist, Selwyn Lawrence (1913-1981), botanist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2007 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K Diane Langmore 369-370 Journal Article: Stanley Thatcher Blake - botanist extraordinaire 1911 - 1973 Everist, S. L. Stanley Thatcher Blake - botanist extraordinaire 1911 - 1973 1974 Queensland naturalist 21 1/2 31-2 Book: Poisonous plants of Australia Selwyn, Selwyn L. Poisonous plants of Australia Sydney Angus & Robertson 1974 Book Section: The history of poisonous plants in Australia Everist, Selwyn L. The history of poisonous plants in Australia Sydney Academic Press 1981 Plants and Man in Australia Carr, D. J. and Carr, S. G. M. 223-55 Resource: A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948 CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Resource: Honorary awards recipients University of Queensland Honorary awards recipients University of Queensland 2023 Journal Article: Obituary: Selwyn Lawrence Everist 1913 - 1981 Johnson, R. W. Obituary: Selwyn Lawrence Everist 1913 - 1981 1981 Australian weeds 1 2 42 Journal Article: Selwyn Lawrence Everist Johnson, R. W. Selwyn Lawrence Everist 1983 Queensland naturalist 24 68-70 Journal Article: Selwyn Lawrence Eversit 1913-1981 Johnson, R. W. Selwyn Lawrence Eversit 1913-1981 1983 Queensland Naturalist 24 68-71 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 Selwyn L. Everist - Records Queensland Herbarium Selwyn L. Everist - Records 1936 - 1979 100 Reports up to 1962; subject files; notebooks; photographs 1936-72; maps; press cuttings; diaries 1933, 1937-39, 1942; notes on poisonous plants, weeds, fodder plants and 'Astrebla'; conference, meeting and committee records 1952-70; publication data 1930s-79; material on the history of the Queensland Herbarium and Botanical Library 1855-1976 [1.5 m]. A list of the collection available. 1.5 m