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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-11-20 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006145b.htm person Thozet Anthelme FLS AACR2 c. 1826 1878 Place of Birth Chegnieu-la-Balme, France Place of Death Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Botanical collector Gardener Anthelme Thozet was a botanical collector and experimental gardener who arrived in Sydney in December 1854. For two years he worked as a gardener at the Sydney Botanic Gardens, leaving there for the goldfields near Port Curtis, Queensland. Ultimately he settled in Rockhampton and established a private garden, which he called Muellerville, for the acclimatisation of exotic plants. He became an enthusiastic collector of plants, sending many specimens from the Rockhampton district to Ferdinand von Mueller. In 1866 Thozet published Notes on some of the roots, tubers, bulbs, and fruits used as vegetable food by the Aboriginals of North Queensland. Thozet's wife, Maria (c.1836 - 1923), also collected plants in the Rockhampton area for Mueller, particularly cryptogams. The National Herbarium of Victoria holds over 1,400 specimens collected by the Thozets, mostly by Anthelme. Thozet also donated Aboriginal artefacts to the Museum national d'historie naturelle in Paris. The plant genus Thozetia (Apocynaceae) was named in his honour by Mueller. 1856 1858 Career position - Gardener, Sydney Botanic Gardens 1858 1858 Life event - Gardener, Sydney Botanic Gardens 1867 1878 Award - Fellow, The Linnean Society of London (FLS) National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

The Herbarium holds over 1,400 of Thozet's specimens

 'Thozet, Anthelme', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Thozet, Anthelme Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Notes on some of the roots, tubers, bulbs, and fruits used as vegetable food by the Aboriginals of North Queensland Thozet, A. Notes on some of the roots, tubers, bulbs, and fruits used as vegetable food by the Aboriginals of North Queensland Rockhampton, Qld W. H. Buzacott 1866 Book Section: Thozet, Anthelme (c.1826 - 1878) Wells, Monika Thozet, Anthelme (c.1826 - 1878) South Melbourne Oxford University Press 2002 The Oxford companion to Australian gardens Aitken, Richard and Looker, Michael 596-7