P005230 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-07-23 human Christine Moje updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005230b.htm person Burgess Colin Ernest Bryce Hawthorne Reverend AACR2 1907 1987 Place of Birth Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Botanist Botanical collector Minister of religion A Church of England curate at Parramatta, Colin Burgess was later stationed in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. During this time he collected and got to know the flora of the area very well. He held a position as a botanist with the Canberra Botanic Gardens (later named Australian National Botanic Gardens) in his later years. In 1963 he published his book Blue Mountain Gums, one of the best local hand-books for the amateur botanist at the time and yet technically of a high standard. He also collected elsewhere in New South Wales and in the Australian Capital Territory. 1972 1972 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus burgessiana L.A.S.Johnson & Blaxell was named for Burgess Australian National Botanic Gardens (1949 - ) 1961 1972

Botanist

 Burgess, Colin Ernest Bryce Hawthorne (1907-19871231)

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 'Burgess, Colin Ernest Bryce Hawthorne', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Burgess, Colin Ernest Bryce Hawthorne Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Blue Mountain gums: a guide to the Eucalypts of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, with a note on the Angophoras Burgess, Colin Blue Mountain gums: a guide to the Eucalypts of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, with a note on the Angophoras Sydney Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia 1963 Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010 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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