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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-05-21 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007385b.htm person Fuhrer Bruce Alexander OAM AACR2 31 December 1930 31 March 2023 Place of Birth Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Photographer Naturalist Botanist Bruce Fuhrer was one of Australia's foremost nature photographers. From an early age he was interested in natural history; he combined this with his professional career which began when he opened a photography business in Portland, Victoria. Fuhrer specialised in cryptogams and fungi, not only photographing them but discovering new species and publishing descriptions of many liverworts. Four fungi and two liverworts were named in his honour. In 1971 Fuhrer joined Monash University as a Technical Officer. During his 25 years at Monash he built substantial collection of colour transparencies of cryptogams, supplemented by voucher specimens. Fuhrer was a keen member of field naturalist's clubs throughout his life. These included the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, of which he became an Honorary Member in 2001, and the Portland, Ringwood and Basin Field Naturalists Clubs. Other groups of which he was a member were the Royal Australasian Ornithological Union (later Birdlife Australia), and the Victorian national Parks Association. Fuhrer's published output, as photographer or co-author, was substantial. His books ranged from Australian algae and cryptogams to works on the flora of the Australian states. A number of these were issued in several editions. Fuhrer's personal herbarium and photographic collection, together with manuscripts, are in the National Herbarium of Victoria. 1955 1955 Career event - Established business as photographer, Portland, Victoria 1957 1957 Career event - Joined Portland Field Naturalists Club 1957 1957 Career event - Founded Portland Camera Club 1960 1963 Career position - Member, Mt Richmond National Park Committee of Management 1961 2001 Career position - Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1964 1969 Career position - Member of Council, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1971 1996 Career position - Technical Officer (Later Senior Technical Officer), Department of Botany and Zoology, Monash University 1978 2023 Award - Life Member, Ringwood Field Naturalists Club 1986 2023 Award - Life Member, Basin Field Naturalists Club 1988 1988 Award - Master of Science (MSc), honoris causa, Monash University 1989 1989 Award - Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria 1995 1998 Career position - Honorary Associate, National Herbarium of Victoria 2001 2023 Award - Honorary Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 2009 2009 Award - Andrew Gibson Natural Medallion, Australian Photographic Society 2011 2011 Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) - for service to conservation and the environment as an amateur naturalist and botanical photographer Monash University (1958 - )

Technical Officer (Later Senior Technical Officer), Department of Botany and Zoology 1971 - 1996; the University's herbarium holds extensive collection Fuhrer's of colour transparencies of cryptogamic plants, with voucher specimens

 National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

Honorary Associate 1995 - 1998; the Herbarium holds Fuhrer's personal herbarium, collection of photographs and manuscripts

 The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc (1880 - )

Member of Council 1964 - 1969; Honorary Member 2001 - 2023

 Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (1940 - )

Awarded the Medallion 1989

 'Fuhrer, Bruce Alexander', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Fuhrer, Bruce Alexander Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Mosses and liverworts of rainforests in Tasmania and south-eastern Australia Jarman, S. J. and Fuhrer, B. A. Mosses and liverworts of rainforests in Tasmania and south-eastern Australia [Hobart?]: East Melbourne CSIRO: Forestry Tasmania 1995 Book: Ferns and allied plants of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia: with distribution maps for the Victorian species Duncan, Betty D. and Isaacs, Golda, photographs by Fuhrer, Bruce Ferns and allied plants of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia: with distribution maps for the Victorian species Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 1986 Book: Lichens of rainforest in Tasmania and south-eastern Australia Kantvilas, G. and Jarman, S. J.; photographs by Fuhrer, Bruce Lichens of rainforest in Tasmania and south-eastern Australia Canberra Australian Biological Resources Study 1999 Book: A field guide to the common genera of gilled fungi in Australia (mushrooms and toadstools) Cole, Mary, Fuhrer, Bruce and Holland, Albert A field guide to the common genera of gilled fungi in Australia (mushrooms and toadstools) Melbourne Inkata Press 1978 Book: Flowers and plants of Victoria Willis, J. H., Fuhrer, B. A. and Rotherham, E. R. Flowers and plants of Victoria Terrey Hills, N.S.W. Reed 1975 Book: Tree Diseases in Victoria Marks, G.C.; Fuhrer, B.A.; and Walters, N.E.M. Tree Diseases in Victoria Melbourne, Vic. Forests Commission, Victoria 1982 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: Australian Natural History Medallion 1989: Bruce A. Fuhrer Houghton, Sheila Australian Natural History Medallion 1989: Bruce A. Fuhrer 1989 Victorian naturalist 106 6 260-1 Journal Article: Bruce Alexander Fuhrer OAM 31 December 1930 - 31 March 2023 Dell, Matt, Cargill, Christine and May, Tom Bruce Alexander Fuhrer OAM 31 December 1930 - 31 March 2023 2023 Victorian naturalist 140 5 148-51 Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010