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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-06-14 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007003b.htm person Tindale Mary Douglas AACR2 19 September 1920 31 March 2011 Place of Birth Randwick, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Taxonomic botanist Mary Tindale was a taxonomic botanist widely recognised as an authority on Acacia, Australian species of Glycine (Fabaceae), and ferns. She wrote large parts of the Acacia section of the Flora of Australia. Much of her work on Glycine was done in association with CSIRO. From 1949 to 1951 Tindale was Australian Botanical Liaison Office at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: her main study during this period was the Australian fern collections in British and European herbaria. For 40 years she was a member of the Special Committee for Pteridophytes of the International Bureau of Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature. Tindale joined the National Herbarium of New South Wales in 1944, retiring as Principal Research Scientist in 1983. During this long career at the Herbarium she made major contributions to the Flora of the Sydney region and served as Editor of several of the Herbarium's journals, including Telopea and Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium. In retirement Tindale continued her association with the Herbarium for many years as an Honorary Associate. 1944 1944 Career event - Appointed Assistant Botanist, National Herbarium of New South Wales 1948 1948 Award - Linnean Macleay Fellowship (Botany), for study at the University of Sydney 1949 1951 Career position - Australian Botanical Liaison Officer, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1964 1964 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney 1965 2005 Career position - Member, Special Committee for Pteridophytes, International Bureau of Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature 1968 1984 Career position - Editor, Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1969 1983 Career position - Senior Research Scientist (later Principal Research Scientist), National Herbarium of New South Wales 1983 Career position - Honorary Research Associate, National Herbarium of New South Wales 1983 1983 Life event - Retired National Herbarium of New South Wales, Colony and State of New South Wales (1896 - )

Senior Research Scientist (later Principal Research Scientist) 1969 - 1983

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1759 - )

Australian Botanical Liaison Officer, 1949 - 1951

 Linnean Macleay Fellowship (1905 - )

Awarded the Fellowship (Botany) 1948

 'Tindale, Mary Douglas', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Tindale, Mary Douglas Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Flora of the Sydney Region Beadle, N. C. W., Carolin, R. C., and Evans, O. D. Flora of the Sydney Region Rev. Sydney Reed 1072 Newspaper Article: Fern expert aided advance of botany: Mary Tindale, 1920 - 2011 Fern expert aided advance of botany: Mary Tindale, 1920 - 2011 2011 Sydney Morning Herald Journal Article: Mary Tindale 1920-2011 Farrant, Penny Mary Tindale 1920-2011 2011 Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 146 15-7 Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010