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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-06-26 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006077b.htm person Wakefield Norman Arthur AACR2 28 November 1918 23 September 1972 Place of Birth Romsey, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Sherbrooke, Victoria, Australia Teacher Naturalist Norman Wakefield was recognised as an authority on the flora of Gippsland. He was a teacher with the Victorian Department of Education for over 30 years, and looked on his postings to remote Gippsland schools as an opportunity to explore inaccessible parts of the region. His particular interest in pteridophytes resulted in the publication of the first comprehensive book on the ferns of southern Australia, The ferns of Victoria and Tasmania (1955). After moving to Melbourne in 1951 his attention shifted more to zoology. His discoveries included identifying a living mountain Pygmy Possum Burramys parvus, previously known only from fossils, and footprints over 355 million years old near the Genoa River, Victoria. Wakefield was an active member of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria which awarded him the Australian Natural History Medallion in 1962. He deposited most of his plant collections, including the type specimens, in the National Herbarium of Victoria: the balance was donated by his widow. 1938 1938 Career position - Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1942 1945 Military service - Second World War. Bombardier, 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, Australian Imperial Forces 1952 1957 Career position - Editor, Victorian naturalist 1956 1972 Award - Honorary Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1958 1964 Career position - Editor, Victorian naturalist 1960 1960 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1962 1962 Award - Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1969 1969 Education - Master of Science (MSc), Monash University The Victorian naturalist (1884 - )

Editor 1953 - 1957 and 1958 - 1964

 Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (1940 - )

Awarded the Medallion 1962

 National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

Over 3,500 of Wakefield's specimens were deposited in the National Herbarium of Victoria

 The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc (1880 - )

Honorary Member 1956 - 1972

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 'Wakefield, Norman Arthur', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wakefield, Norman Arthur Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Dr. John Lhotsky's Two Excursions Into the Australian Alps Wakefield, N. A. Dr. John Lhotsky's Two Excursions Into the Australian Alps 1975 The Victorian naturalist 92 11 228-243 Journal Article: Aspects of Exploration and Settlement of East Gippsland Wakefield, N. A. Aspects of Exploration and Settlement of East Gippsland 1969 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 82 1 7-25 Journal Article: Mammals of the Blandowski Expedition to North-Western Victoria, 1856-57 Wakefield, N. A. Mammals of the Blandowski Expedition to North-Western Victoria, 1856-57 1966 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 79 pt 2 Journal Article: Latest two recipients of the Australian Natural History Medallion Willis, J. H. Latest two recipients of the Australian Natural History Medallion 1964 The Victorian naturalist 81 6 192-3 Journal Article: Botanical exploration of East Gippsland Wakefield, N. A. Botanical exploration of East Gippsland 1969 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 82 61-7 Journal Article: Norman Wakefield Nicholls, John Norman Wakefield 1987 Gippsland Heritage Journal 2 1 42-5 Journal Article: The herbarium and plant collections of Norman A. Wakefield (1918-1972) Aston, H. I. The herbarium and plant collections of Norman A. Wakefield (1918-1972) 1972 Muelleria 4 251-63 Journal Article: Vale, Norman Arthur Wakefield Willis, J. H. Vale, Norman Arthur Wakefield 1973 The Victorian naturalist 90 4 103-105 Journal Article: Popular and Professional Communicators: Edith Coleman and Norman Wakefield Clode, Danielle Popular and Professional Communicators: Edith Coleman and Norman Wakefield 2005 The Victorian naturalist 122 274-81 Book Section: Wakefield, Norman Arthur (1918-1972), naturalist Clode, Danielle Wakefield, Norman Arthur (1918-1972), naturalist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2002 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z John Ritchie and Diane Langmore 461 Journal Article: Botanical pioneers in Victoria - III Willis, J. H. Botanical pioneers in Victoria - III 1949 Victorian naturalist 66 7 123-8 Journal Article: Botanical pioneers in Victoria - II Willis, J. H. Botanical pioneers in Victoria - II 1949 Victorian Naturalist 66 6 103-9