P005170 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.

 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2012-06-28 human Christine Moje updated 2025-05-06 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005170b.htm corporateBody Australian National Herbarium AACR2 ANH 1984 Start Place Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Conservation or Environment Collection Management Herbarium Taxonomic botany The Australian National Herbarium is located on site at the National Botanic Gardens in Canberra. The Herbarium contains the largest collection of specimen of Australian plants in Australia.In 2014 the Australian National Herbarium, together with other natural history collections in CSIRO, were brought together administratively to form the National Research Collections Australia. The Herbarium is a member of the Council of the Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH), a collaborative association of Australia's principal herbaria, and contributes specimen information Australia's Virtual Herbarium (AVH), an initiative of CHAH.

The Australian National Herbarium resulted from the amalgamation of several herbaria managed by the Australian government over the years, including CSIRO herbaria, the Forest Research Institute's Eucalypt and Atherton Rainforest Collection, and the Australian Botanic Gardens Herbarium. Previously known as 'Herbarium Australiense', the CSIRO's core collection was renamed 'Australian National Herbarium' in 1984.

 National Research Collections Australia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Reseasrch Organisation (2014 - ) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (1972 - ) Australasian Virtual Herbarium (c. 2001 - ) Herbarium Australiense (1975 - 1984) Clements, Mark Alwin (1949 - )

Research Scientist ?1991 - 2021

 Orchard, Anthony (Tony) (1946 - )

Botanist and Herbarium Registrar 2003 - 2005

 Elix, John Alan (Jack) (1941 - )

Elix lodged >50,000 specimens in the Herbarium

 Craven, Lyndley Alan (Lyn) (1945 - 2014)

Honorary Research Fellow 2009 - 2014

 Canning, Estelle Margaret (1936 - 2021)

The Herbarium holds over 10,500 of Canning's specimens

 Albrecht, David Edward (1962 - )

Botanical Identification and Liaison Officer 2015 - 2023

 Brooker, Murray Ian Hill (Ian) (1934 - 2016)

Curator of eucalypts ? - 1999

 Cowley, Kirsten J.

Research assistant 1986 - 2022

 Streimann, Heinar (1938 - 2001)

Botanist 1993 - 2000

 Lazarides, Michael (Mike) (1928 - 2011)

Over 6,200 specimens collected by Lazarides are in the Herbarium

 Hartley, Thomas Gordon (Tom) (1931 - 2016)

Hartley's collections were deposited in the Herbarium

 Adams, Laurence (Laurie) George (1929 - 2014)

Technical Officer 1976 - 1988

 Martensz, Peter Nigel (1942 - 2014)

The Herbarium holds over 5,000 of Martensz's specimens

 Roberts, Lewis John (1950 - )

Roberts' collections of orchid species with fieldnotes were donated to the Herbarium

 West, Judith Gay (Judy) (1949 - )

Director 1989 - 1994

 Fagg, Murray Allan (1947 - )

Botanist 1970 - 1980

 Australian National Botanic Gardens (1949 - )

Trove

 'Australian National Herbarium', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Australian National Herbarium Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Biological Collections in CSIRO: a National Heritage Day, M.F.C. et al. The Biological Collections in CSIRO: a National Heritage 2004 Historical Records of Australian Science 15 1 1-19 Journal Article: Kirsten Cowley retires from CANB Monro, Anna; and Lepschi, Brendan Kirsten Cowley retires from CANB 2022 Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter 192 13-4 Journal Article: CSIRO and land research in Papua New Guinea 1950 - 2000, part 1: pre-independence Keig, Gael; Hide, Robin L.; Cuddy, Susan M.; Buettikofer, Heinz; Bellamy, Jennifer A.; Bleeker, Pieter; Freyne, David; and McAlpine, John CSIRO and land research in Papua New Guinea 1950 - 2000, part 1: pre-independence 2019 Historical Records of Australian Science 30 2 83-99 Book: Resources of Australian Herbaria: a Guide to Herbaria Located in Australia Cowley, K. J.; West, J. G Resources of Australian Herbaria: a Guide to Herbaria Located in Australia Canberra Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research 1999 Resource: Resources of Australian Herbaria [online] Cowley, K. J.; West, J. G Resources of Australian Herbaria [online] Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research 2002