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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-08-16 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007074b.htm person Allender Marie AACR2 8 January 1921 17 September 1995 Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Naturalist Marie Allender was a naturalist who made a significant contribution to the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria. For 35 years she was Excursion Secretary for the Club. In this role she made all the arrangements for over 500 Club excursions ranging from monthly day trips to extended annual, interstate and overseas travel. Such travel included Western Australia (1963 and 1969), Queensland (1966 and 1978), New Zealand (1973) and Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands (1983). For many years Allender also carried responsibility for the finances relating to these excursions. Her other roles in the Club included Secretary of the Botany Group from 1957 to 1963, and 40 years as a member of Council. The National Herbarium of Victoria, where Allender was Assistant from 1957 to 1980, holds over 500 of her collections, mostly "odd specimens that puzzled me" and collected while on Club excursions. 1947 1964 Career position - Member, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria 1954 1989 Career position - Excursion Secretary, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria 1954 1994 Career position - Member of Council, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria 1957 1963 Career position - Secretary, Botany Group, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria 1957 1974 Career position - Herbarium Assistant, National Herbarium of Victoria 1964 1995 Award - Honorary Member, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria 1974 1980 Career position - Technical Assistant, National Herbarium of Victoria National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

Herbarium Assistant 1957 - 1980; the Herbarium holds over 500 of Allender's specimens

 The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc (1880 - )

Excursion Secretary 1954 - 1989; Honorary Member 1964 - 1995

 'Allender, Marie', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Allender, Marie Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Seaweeds of Australia Christianson, I. G.; Clayton, M. N.; and Allender, B. M.: photographs by Bruce Fuhrer Seaweeds of Australia Sydney Reed 1981 Journal Article: Marie Allender: a last excursion McInnes, D. E. Marie Allender: a last excursion 1995 The Victorian naturalist 112 6 267 Book: Leaves from Our History: the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, 1880-2005 Houghton, Sheila and Presland, Gary Leaves from Our History: the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, 1880-2005 Box Hill Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 2005 Book: Understanding our natural world: the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1880 - 2015 Presland, Gary Understanding our natural world: the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1880 - 2015 Blackburn, Vic. Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 2016