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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-03-29 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006917b.htm person Canning Estelle Margaret AACR2 2 December 1936 30 June 2021 Place of Birth Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Kunama Cottage, Dalton near Goulburn, Australia Botanist Plant collector Estelle Canning was a botanist who, after a varied career as teacher, including in Papua New Guinea, and learning singing in London, joined Canberra Botanic Garden in 1967. She was largely involved with the work of the Gardens' herbarium, particularly field collecting and identification of specimens, curation of the herbarium, and developing the Public Reference Set. The Gardens' herbarium was merged with the Australian National Herbarium in 1994 and it was from that institute that Canning retired in 1995. By then the Herbarium held over 10,500 of her specimens collected widely across Australia and in Papua New Guinea. She continued her association with the Herbarium for some years after retirement. Canning was widely respected for her experiments in using indigenous plants for dying the wool from her flock of 'coloured' sheep. 1967 1967 Career event - Appointed Junior Botanist, Canberra Botanic Gardens 1968 1968 Career event - Participated in Canberra Botanic Gardens 2-month collecting trip to Western Australia 1995 1995 Career event - Retired Australian National Herbarium (1984 - )

The Herbarium holds over 10,500 of Canning's specimens

 'Canning, Estelle Margaret', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Canning, Estelle Margaret Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010