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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker; Christine Moje & Neville Walsh updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002283b.htm person Burbidge Nancy Tyson AM AACR2 5 August 1912 4 March 1977 Place of Birth Yorkshire, England Place of Death Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Botanist Nancy Burbidge was a systematic botanist and Curator of the Herbarium, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, 1946-1973. She published Flora of the ACT with Max Gray and several other books on Australian plants. Founding member and twice president, National Parks Association of the ACT and prominent in lobbying for the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and Namadgi National Park. Commemorated by an altar-frontal, showing banksias and honey-eaters, in St Michael's Anglican Church, Mount Pleasant, Perth and by the Nancy T. Burbidge Memorial, an amphitheatre in the National Botanic Gardens, Canberra. The Nancy T. Burbidge Medal is presented annually by the Australian (later Australasian) Systematic Botany Society for outstanding contribution to taxonomic and systematic botanical work in Australia. 1937 1937 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Western Australia 1939 1940 Career position - Worked on the taxonomy of Australian plants at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1940 1943 Career position - Field and herbarium work in Western Australia 1943 1946 Career position - Assistant Agronomist, Waite Agricultural Research Institute 1945 1945 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Western Australia 1946 1967 Career position - Systematic Botanist, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry 1946 1973 Career position - Curator of the Herbarium, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry 1947 1947 Taxonomy event - Described Eucalyptus incrassata Labill. var. costata N. T. Burbidge 1951 1954 Career position - Co-editor, Australasian herbarium news 1952 1954 Career position - Australian Botanical Liaison Officer, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1960 Career position - Founder of National Parks Association of the ACT 1961 1961 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Western Australia 1962 1962 Career position - President, National Parks Association of the ACT 1967 1973 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry 1969 1969 Career event - President, National Parks Association of the ACT 1971 1971 Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 1972 1977 Award - Life Member, National Parks Association of the ACT 1973 1977 Career position - Director of the Flora of Australia project 7 Jun 1976 7 Jun 1976 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - [no citation?] Australasian herbarium news (1947 - 1954)

Co-editor 1951 - 1954

 CSIR/O Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1929 - c. 2014)

Curator of the Herbarium 1946 - 1973; Senior Principal Research Scientist 1967 - 1973

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1759 - )

Australian Botanical Liaison Officer 1952 - 1954

 National Parks Association of the ACT Inc. (1960 - )

Founder 1960, President 1962, 1969, elected Life Member 1972

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

Awarded the Medal 1971

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Burbidge, Nancy Tyson (1912-1977), Biographical Entry

 Burbidge, Nancy T (1912-1977)

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 'Burbidge, Nancy Tyson', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Burbidge, Nancy Tyson Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: National Parks Association of the ACT Inc. : oral history project 1960 - 1999 National Parks Association of the ACT Inc. : oral history project 1960 - 1999 1999 Book Section: Burbidge, Nancy Tyson (1912-1977), botanist and conservationist Chippendale, George M. Burbidge, Nancy Tyson (1912-1977), botanist and conservationist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 298-299 Journal Article: Robert Brown's Australian collecting localities Burbidge, Nancy T. Robert Brown's Australian collecting localities 1956 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 80 229-33 Book Section: Bentham, George (1800-1884), botanist Burbidge, N. T. Bentham, George (1800-1884), botanist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1969 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C Douglas Pike 146-147 Book Section: Brown, Robert (1773-1858), botanist Burbidge, N. T. Brown, Robert (1773-1858), botanist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 166-167 Journal Article: The phytogeography of the Australian region Burbidge, Nancy T. The phytogeography of the Australian region 1960 Australian Journal of Botany 8 2 75-212 Journal Article: Women in conservation science making a difference Byrne, Margaret; Broadhurst, Linda; Leishman, Michelle; and Belov, Kathy Women in conservation science making a difference 2018 Pacific Conservation Biology 24 1 6 Journal Article: The history of the Nancy Burbidge memorials Clarkson, John The history of the Nancy Burbidge memorials 2017 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 171 11-6 Journal Article: Nancy Burbidge admitted into the Australian Women's Pioneer Hall of Fame Clarkson, John Nancy Burbidge admitted into the Australian Women's Pioneer Hall of Fame 2017 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 171 8-9 Journal Article: Nancy Tyson Burbidge AM, DSc Burbidge, Andrew Nancy Tyson Burbidge AM, DSc 2017 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 171 9-11 Journal Article: Nancy Tyson Burbidge - a Centenary George, Alex Nancy Tyson Burbidge - a Centenary 2013 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 152 2-3 Resource Section: Nancy Tyson Burbidge Ward, C. Nancy Tyson Burbidge Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010