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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-08-07 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006103b.htm person Bunbury Diana Richardson AACR2 1811 5 October 1898 Place of Birth Ireland Place of Death Western Australia, Australia Botanical collector Diana Bunbury settled with members of her family in Picton in southwest Western Australia in 1855 and became interested in the flora of the area. She collected seeds for the Glasnevin Botanic Gardens in Ireland and between 1874 and 1890 sent plant specimens, particularly algae, to Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Melbourne. These specimens were from the Bunbury, Geographe Bay and Picton area. Bunbury exhibited a collection of dried botanical specimens from this region in the Western Australian Court of the 1880 - 1881 Melbourne International Exhibition. Over 400 of her specimens are in the National Herbarium of Victoria. National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

Over 400 specimens collected by Bunbury are in the Herbarium

 Bunbury, Diana Richardson (1811-18981005)

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 'Bunbury, Diana Richardson', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bunbury, Diana Richardson Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Ferdinand Mueller's Female Plant Collectors: a Biographical Register Maroske, Sara and Vaughan, Alison Ferdinand Mueller's Female Plant Collectors: a Biographical Register 2014 Muelleria 32 92-172