P007313 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2023-11-21 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-12 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007313b.htm corporateBody Australian National Insect Collection Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation AACR2 ANIC 1962 Start Place Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Collection Management Industrial or Scientific Research The Australian National Insect Collection was gazetted by the Commonwealth Government in 1962, as part of the CSIRO Division of Entomology. Prior to that it was a dissparate series of collections in this Division and its predecessor, the CSIR Division of Economic Entomology. It is now one of the largest collections in the world of Australian insects and related groups such as mites, spiders, earthworms, nematodes and centipedes, and is growing by 1,000s of specimens per year. These specimens are an essential and authoritative resource for systematics, evolutionary biology, ecology, natural resource management, biosecurity and biogeography. Specimen information is contributed to a number of online resources such as the Atlas of living Australia and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. In 2014 the Australian National Insect Collection, together with other natural history collections in CSIRO, were brought together administratively to form the National Research Collections Australia. The Collection has published ANICdotes since 2012. In 2025 a state-of-the-art building called Diversity was opened in Canberra, to house the irreplaceable collections of the Australian National Insect Collection and the Australian National Wildlife Collection. CSIRO - National Facilties, Laboratories, Centres and Research Stations, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1949 - ) National Research Collections Australia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Reseasrch Organisation (2014 - ) Riek, Edgar (1920 - 2016)

The Collection holds 1,000s of Riek's specimens

 Gullan, Penny J.

Visiting Scientist 1980s -

 CSIRO Division of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - )

The Division's specimen collections are now in the Australian National Insect Collection

 CSIR/O Division of Economic Entomology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1928 - 1949)

The Division's specimen collections are now in the Australian National Insect Collection

 Horak, Marianne (1944 - )

Head of the Lepidoptera unit 2001 - 2010; Honorary Fellow 2010 -

 Reeves, Deniss Michael (1933? - 2017)

Donated over 400 Lepidoptera specimens 1999

 Bornemissza, George Francis (1924 - 2010)

Donated a collection of beetles 1990

 Sloane, Thomas Gibson (1858 - 1932)

The Collection holds his specimens (originally deposited in the CSIR Division of Economic Entomology 1932)

 Brookes, Helen May (1917 - 2008)

Donated her collection of insects 1982

 Edwards, Edward David (Ted) (1945 - 2023)

Experimental Scientist and Lepidoptera Collection Manager 1970 - 2007; Honorary Research fellow 2007 - 2023

 Richards, Aola Mary (1927 - 2021)

Richards donated her collection 1993

 Van Gerwen, Antonius (Tom) (1935 - 2025)

Co-ordinator, volunteer scheme 1998 - 2025

 Kelly, Peter Graeme (1922 - 2011)

Donated his collection with photographs 1983

 Sands, Donald Peter Andrew

Donated his collection of Lepidoptera 1972

 Waterhouse, Douglas Frew (1916 - 2000)

Waterhouse was responsible for the formal establishment of the Collection

 Lea, Arthur Mills (1868 - 1932)

Coleoptera specimens donated 1929 to CSIR Division of Economic Entomology now in the Collection

 Lawrence, John Francis (1934 - )

Curator of Coleoptera 1977 - 1999

 Chadwick, Clarence Earl (Clarry) (1909 - 2004)

Donated collection, correspondence and notes to the Collection 1999

 Macqueen, Jack (1900 - 1986)

Donated collection of c.32,000 Lepidoptera and Coleoptera 1985

 Gooding, Charles George Llewellyn (Llew) (1896 - 1980)

Collection of over 75,000 specimens donated 1979

 Dobson, Roderick (1907 - 1979)

Donated over 2,700 specimens of Odonata 1967

 Couchman, Leonard Edgar (1901 - 1992)

Donated collection, correspondence and notes to the Collection 1990

 Gerrits, G. J. M. (Fred) (1933 - 2022)

Donated his collection of Delias butterflies 2005 - 2015

 Moore, Barry Philip (1925 - 2015)

Donated substantial collections of Australian Carabidae 1993 and 2018

 Hickman, Vernon Victor (1894 - 1984)

30,000 specimens donated to the Collection 1991

 Kerr, John Foxton Ross (1934 - 2024)

Donated his butterfly and moth collections 2013 and 2015

 Crosby, David Franklin (1930 - )

Donated his collection of over 13,000 specimens to the Colletion 1987

 Common, Ian Francis Bell (1917 - 2006)

Chief Curator 1977 - 1979

 Colless, Donald Henry (Don) (1922 - 2012)

Chief Curator 1971 - 1977; Honorary Fellow 1987 - 2012

 Clark, John (1885 - 1956)

Collection of ant specimens donated to CSIRO Division of Entomology after his death: now in the Collection

 Carter, Herbert James (1858 - 1940)

The Collection now holds over 22,800 of Carter's specimens (originally donated to the CSIR Division of Economic Entomology 1940)

 Mosse-Robinson, Leslie Herbert (1886 - 1954)

Donated c.50,000 specimens of butterflies to the CSIRO Division of Entomology 1956, now in the Collection

 'Australian National Insect Collection', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Australian National Insect Collection Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: 25 years of the Australian National Insect Collection volunteer scheme Van Gerwen, Tom 25 years of the Australian National Insect Collection volunteer scheme 2023 ANICdotes 22 4 Journal Article: Cause for celebration: specimen relocation completed! Turco, Federica Cause for celebration: specimen relocation completed! 2025 ANICdotes 26 May 7-8 Journal Article: 50 years in ANIC Edwards, Ted 50 years in ANIC 2021 ANICdotes 18 3 Journal Article: Professor J.F.R Kerr's butterfly collection donated to ANIC Edwards, Ted Professor J.F.R Kerr's butterfly collection donated to ANIC 2013 ANICdotes 3 4 Journal Article: The Biological Collections in CSIRO: a National Heritage Day, M.F.C. et al. The Biological Collections in CSIRO: a National Heritage 2004 Historical Records of Australian Science 15 1 1-19 Resource Section: Australian National Insect Collection Ward, Colin Australian National Insect Collection CSIRO 2011 CSIROpedia Journal Article: The Waite Institute nematodes come to ANIC Hodda, Mike The Waite Institute nematodes come to ANIC 2020 ANICdotes 17 6 Journal Article: ANIC volunteer scheme 20th anniversary celebration Jennings, Deb ANIC volunteer scheme 20th anniversary celebration 2018 ANICdotes 12 8 Journal Article: Honorary Fellows - the ANIC community elders Halliday, Bruce Honorary Fellows - the ANIC community elders 2012 ANICdotes 1 7 Journal Article: "Because I enjoy the work" [Australian National Insect Collection Honorary Fellows] Halliday, Bruce "Because I enjoy the work" [Australian National Insect Collection Honorary Fellows] 2016 ANICdote 11:2 11 2 Journal Article: Type specimens of Hemiptera (insecta) transferred from the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, to the Australian National Insect Collection Stevens, M. M. and Carver, Mary Type specimens of Hemiptera (insecta) transferred from the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, to the Australian National Insect Collection 1986 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 108 4 263-6 Journal Article: A checklist and host catalogue of the aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) held in the Australian National Insect Collection Brumley, Cameron A checklist and host catalogue of the aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) held in the Australian National Insect Collection 2020 Zootaxa 4728 4 575-600 Book: A Rich and Diverse Fauna: the history of the Australian National Insect Collection 1926 - 1991 Upton, M. S. A Rich and Diverse Fauna: the history of the Australian National Insect Collection 1926 - 1991 Melbourne CSIRO Publishing 1997 Journal Article: John Landy's moth collection donated to ANIC Edwards, Ted and Horak, Marianne John Landy's moth collection donated to ANIC 2017 ANICdotes 10 4-5 Journal Article: News from the Lepidoptera collection [donations from Fred and Nel Gerrits, and John Kerr] Edwards, Ted and Turco, Federica News from the Lepidoptera collection [donations from Fred and Nel Gerrits, and John Kerr] 2016 ANICdotes 8 5