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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/P002082b.htm person Carne Walter Mervyn AACR2 16 September 1885 20 November 1952 Place of Birth Croydon, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Botanist Plant pathologist Botanical collector Walter Carne was supervisor of fresh fruit and vegetable exports for the Victorian Department of Commerce and Agriculture 1941-1950. Earlier he worked as a plant pathologist for CSIR in Western Australia and Tasmania 1929-1941. He was the son of Joseph Edmund Carne and the brother of Alan McArthur Carne. In 1928, the botanist Charles Gardner named Eucalyptus carnei in his honour.

Born Sydney, 16 September 1885. Died Sydney, 20 November 1952. Educated Sydney Technical College. Laboratory assistant, Hawkesbury Agricultural College 1906-11; scientific cadet, Department of Agriculture 1912-13; assistant agrostologist, Department of Agriculture 1914-15; 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance in the Middle East 1915-19; science master, Hawkesbury Agricultural College 1921-22; economic botanist and plant pathologist, Western Australian Department of Agriculture 1923-29, senior plant pathologist, Commonwealth Council for Scientific and industrial Research 1929-38; seconded to the Department of Commerce and Agriculture in Melbourne as supervisor of fresh fruit and vegetable exports 1938-41; joined the staff of the department 1941-50.

1923 1928 Career position - Economic Botanist and Plant Pathologist, West Australian Department of Agriculture 1927 1927 Career event - Elected Associate Member (Botany and Forestry), Australian National Research Council 1928 1928 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus carnei C.A.Gardn. was named for Carne 1929 1936 Career position - Senior Plant Pathologist, CSIR 1933 1933 Award - Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1941 1950 Career position - Employed by the Commonwealth Department of Commerce Carne, Joseph Edmund (1855 - 1922) Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Associate Member (Botany and Forestry) 1927 -

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

Awarded the Medal 1933

 Carne, Alan McArthur (1887 - 1975?)

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 Carne, W M (1885-1952)

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 'Carne, Walter Mervyn', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Carne, Walter Mervyn Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Report: The work of the Division of Economic Botany for the year 1928-29 Dickson, B.T. The work of the Division of Economic Botany for the year 1928-29 Melbourne Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia) 1929 Journal Article: Obituary: Walter Mervyn Carne Martin, D. Obituary: Walter Mervyn Carne 1953 Australian Journal of Science 15 4 126-127 Journal Article: An outline of the history of phytopathology with special reference to its development in Australia Came, W. M. An outline of the history of phytopathology with special reference to its development in Australia 1928 Journal of the Royal Society of Westem Australia 14 24-36 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

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 Joseph Edmund Carne - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Joseph Edmund Carne - Records MS 2609 1911 - 1914 Papers of Joseph E. Carne, Government Geologist of New South Wales, containing reports of investigations into coal and oil deposits in Papua New Guinea. Includes a diary covering the period from 30 Dec. 1911 to 20 Sept. 1912; a letter to Carne from T. W. E. David, dated 3 May 1912; two newspaper cuttings relating to the search for oil in New Guinea; biographical notes received from Louisa F. Carne (6 p.); two photographs of J. E. Carne and Walter Mervyn Carne; Alan MacArthur Carne, "Field diary of cane collecting expedition to Papua, 1914" (Ms & Ts copy); letterbook & map of roads. 125 pages Walter Mervyn Carne - Records Private hands (Carne, P.B.) Walter Mervyn Carne - Records 1885 - 1952 Family records c1885-1952. 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