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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002705b.htm person Waddell Winifred MBE AACR2 8 October 1884 1972 Place of Birth Nook's Head, Cumberland, England Place of Death Victoria, Australia Botanist Winifred Waddell was a mathematics teacher who was passionate about Australian plants. In 1949 she formed a wildflower preservation group within the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. This group became the Native Plants Preservation Society of Victoria in 1952, with Waddell as Secretary. She worked tirelessly to establish wildflower sanctuaries around Victoria, the first of over 70 being at Tallarook in 1949. A collection of articles written by Waddell for the "Junior section" of The age newspaper between 1960 and 1964 was edited for publication as Wildflower diary (1976) by Jean Galbraith.

Educated Royal Holloway College, London (BSc)

1906 1906 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), Royal Holloway College, University of London 1916 1940 Career position - Mathematics Teacher at Melbourne Church of England Girls Grammar School 1935 1941 Career position - Chief of Staff, Melbourne Church of England Girls Grammar School 1937 1939 Career position - Acting Head Mistress, Melbourne Church of England Girls Grammar School 1941 1941 Career position - Tutor at Trinity College 1942 1942 Life event - Retired 1942 1945 Career position - Tutor, University of Melbourne 1949 1952 Career position - Established Wildflower Preservation Group within Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1952 1966 Career position - Founder and Secretary, Native Plants Preservation Society of Victoria 1964 1964 Award - Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists' Club 1964 1964 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (1940 - )

Awarded the Medallion 1964

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 'Waddell, Winifred', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Waddell, Winifred Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Wildflower diary: a memorial volume compiled from articles published in the Junior Age during the period 1960-64 Waddell, W.: edited by Jean Galbraith Wildflower diary: a memorial volume compiled from articles published in the Junior Age during the period 1960-64 Melbourne Native Plants Preservation Society of Victoria 1976 Journal Article: From Head's Nook to the High Plains: Winifred Waddell and the Native Plants Preservation Society of Victoria Marks, Robin From Head's Nook to the High Plains: Winifred Waddell and the Native Plants Preservation Society of Victoria 2011 Australian Garden History 22 2 13-8 Journal Article: "If it is not against the rules": women in the FNCV 1880 - 1980 Houghton, Sheila "If it is not against the rules": women in the FNCV 1880 - 1980 2005 The Victorian naturalist 122 6 290-306 Waddell, Winifred, 1884-1972, papers State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Waddell, Winifred, 1884-1972, papers MS 9403 (MSB 463) 1906 - 1965 Papers, 1906-1965, including correspondence and notes relating to Miss Waddell's work with the Native Plants Preservation Group, c. 1950s; correspondence and documents concerning her education and awards of OBE., 1964, and Australian History Medallion from the Field Naturalists' Club, 1965. Includes notes on native flora in Victoria; citation accompanying award of the OBE; letter from chairman of Forest Commission of Victoria congratulating Miss Waddell on the award of the Australian History Medallion, 21 October 1965; letter from W. H. Craig, Secretary of the Town and Country Planning Board congratulating Miss Waddell on the award of the Australian History Medallion, 1 November 1965; also biographical notes on Miss Waddell; certificate awarding her a first class pass in the Honour School of Mathematics, Trinity Term 1906; commission granting Miss Winifred Waddell the Dignity of an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire, signed by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh as Grand Master of the Order and by HM the Queen. Also obituaries by O. S. Green and J. H. Willis.