P005211 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2012-07-10 human Christine Moje updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005211b.htm corporateBody National Herbarium of New South Wales Colony and State of New South Wales AACR2 1896 Start Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Conservation or Environment Herbarium Taxonomic botany Collection Management The National Herbarium of New South Wales is part of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. The functions of the Herbarium include research, reference, a major collection documenting the flora of Australia, contributing to documentation and understanding of the world flora. Australasian Virtual Herbarium (c. 2001 - ) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (1972 - ) Perry, Rayden Alfred (1925 - 2004)

The Herbarium holds Perry's plant collections

 Cunninghamia (1981 - )

Publisher 1981 -

 Cambage, Richard Hind (1859 - 1928)

The Herbarium holds a significant number of Cambage's collections

 Lee, Alma Theodora (1912 - 1990)

Botanist 1938 - ?1947, 1963? - 1982

 Hynes, Sarah (Sally) (1859 - 1938)

Botanical Assistant 1901 - 1910

 Watts, William Walter (1856 - 1920)

Honorary Curator of mosses and hepatics 1909 - 1916; Watts's specimens are in the Herbarium

 Diels, Friedrich Ludwig Emil (1874 - 1945)

Duplicate specimens from Diels' collection in Berlin were distributed to this Herbarium (and others) before the collection's destruction in WWII

 Maiden, Joseph Henry (1859 - 1925)

Government Botanist 1896 - 1924

 Blakely, William Faris (1875 - 1941)

Botanist 1913 - 1940

 Officer, Edith

Over 400 specimens contributed by Edith and Ernest Officer are in the Herbarium

 Weston, Peter Henry (1956 - )

Systematic botanist (later Senior Principal Research Scientist 1982 - 2016

 Anderson, Robert Henry (1899 - 1969)

Chief Botanist and Curator 1945 - 1960; Anderson's collections are in the Herbarium

 Rodway, Frederick Arthur (1880 - 1956)

Rodway donated his collection of over 15,000 specimens in 1952

 Evans, Obed David (1889 - 1975)

Botanist (part-time) 1959 - 1971

 Vickery, Joyce Winifred (1908 - 1979)

Senior Botanist 1964 - 1968; Honorary Research Fellow 1973 - 1979

 Fitzgerald, William Vincent (1867 - 1929)

The Herbarium has a collection of Fitzgerald's specimens

 Officer, Ernest (1870 - 1936)

Over 400 specimens contributed by Ernest and Edith Officer are in the Herbarium

 Briggs, Barbara Gillian (1934 - )

Botanist 1967 - 1969; Research Scientist 1969 - 1972; Deputy Chief Botanist 1972 - 1980; Senior Assistant Director (Scientific) 1980 - 1997; Honorary Research Associate 1997 -

 Cheel, Edwin (1872 - 1951)

Chief Botanist and Curator 1933 - 1936

 Thompson, Joy (1923 - 2018)

Honorary Research Associate 1982 - 2009

 McGillivray, Donald John (Don) (1935 - 2012)

Botanist 1864 - 1985

 Blaxell, Donald Frederick (1934 - )

Botanist 1968 - ?

 Crawford, Alexander Robert (1840 - 1912)

The specimen that Alexander Crawford secured for Joseph Maiden are held in the National Herbarium of New South Wales.

 Rupp, Herman Montague Rucker (1872 - 1956)

Honorary Curator of Orchids 1939 - 1956

 Wilson, Francis Robert Muter (1832 - 1903)

Approximately 20,000 specimens were purchased from Wilson

 Tindale, Mary Douglas (1920 - 2011)

Senior Research Scientist (later Principal Research Scientist) 1969 - 1983

 May, Valerie (1916 - 2007)

Honorary Curator of Cryprogams (later Honorary Phycologist) 1960 - 1986

 Ramsay, Helen P. (1928 - )

Ramsay's significant collection of moss specimens is in the Herbarium

 Hill, Kenneth D. (1948 - 2010)

Botanist (later Senior Research Scientist) 1986 - 2004

 Jacobs, Surrey Wilfrid Laurence (1946 - 2009)

Senior Principal Research Scientist 2008 - 2009

 Brown, Elizabeth (1956 - 2013)

Systematic Bryologist 2000 - 2013

 Johnson, Lawrence Alexander Sidney (Lawrie) (1925 - 1997)

Botanist 1948 - 1972

 Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Colony and State of New South Wales (1816 - )

The National Herbarium of New South Wales is located within the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.

 Baeuerlen, William (1840 - 1917)

A substantial part of Bäuerlen's collections are held at the National Herbarium of New South Wales.

 State of New South Wales (1901 - ) Colony of New South Wales (1788 - 1901)

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 'National Herbarium of New South Wales', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology National Herbarium of New South Wales Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The National Herbarium of New South Wales: One Hundred Years Briggs, Barbara The National Herbarium of New South Wales: One Hundred Years 2001 Telopea 9 2 223-226 Journal Article: Systematic studies in the eucalypts 10. New tropical and subtropical eucalypts from Australia and New Guinea (Eucalyptus, Myrtaceae) Hill, K.D.; and Johnson, L.A.S. Systematic studies in the eucalypts 10. New tropical and subtropical eucalypts from Australia and New Guinea (Eucalyptus, Myrtaceae) 2000 Telopea 8 4 503-540 Journal Article: New Taxa and Combinations in Eucalyptus - 4. Johnson, Lawrence A.S.; and Blaxell, Donald F. New Taxa and Combinations in Eucalyptus - 4. 1980 Telopea 1 6 395-397 Journal Article: Systematic studies in the eucalypts 11. New taxa and combinations in Eucalyptus Section Dumaria (Myrtaceae) Hill, K.D.; Johnson, L. A.S.; and Blaxell, D.F. Systematic studies in the eucalypts 11. New taxa and combinations in Eucalyptus Section Dumaria (Myrtaceae) 2001 Telopea 9 2 259-318 Journal Article: Teachers Born, Not Made: Trans-Tasman Links from Colenso to Maiden Heywood, Janet Teachers Born, Not Made: Trans-Tasman Links from Colenso to Maiden 2014 Australian Garden History 25 4 11-5 Book Section: Anderson, Robert Henry (1899-1969), botanist Johnson, L. A. S. Anderson, Robert Henry (1899-1969), botanist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 51-52 Review: Historical records of Australian science Gillbank, Linden 2025 Historical records of Australian science 36 4-5 Book: The plant thieves: secrets of the herbarium Gibson, Prudence The plant thieves: secrets of the herbarium Kensington, N.S.W. NewSouth Books 2023 Book: Herbarium Stacey, Robyn and Hay, Ashley Herbarium Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2004 Journal Article: Tributes to Dr Elizabeth Brown Renner, Matt; Ramsay, Helen; West, Carol; Braggins, John; Downing, Alison; Downing, Kevin; de Lange, Peter; and Cairns, Andi Tributes to Dr Elizabeth Brown 2014 Australasian Bryological Newsletter 64 2-16 Journal Article: Elizabeth Anne Brown 15 November 1956-17 November 2013 Murray, Louisa J.; and Conn, Barry J. Elizabeth Anne Brown 15 November 1956-17 November 2013 2014 Telopea 17 1-10 Journal Article: Vale Donald John (Don) McGillivray Makinson, R. O. (Bob) Vale Donald John (Don) McGillivray 2013 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 154 16-20 Journal Article: Dr Elizabeth Brown 15th November 1956 - 17th November 2013 Duretto, Marco Dr Elizabeth Brown 15th November 1956 - 17th November 2013 2014 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 158 21 Resource: Resources of Australian Herbaria [online] Cowley, K. J.; West, J. G Resources of Australian Herbaria [online] Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research 2002