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EnglishAACR2Anglo-American Cataloguing RulesPersoncreated2025-02-27humanHelen Cohnupdated2026-03-31humanhttps://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007623b.htmpersonDockrillAlick WilliamAACR221 January 191519 September 2011Place of BirthEnmore, New South Wales, AustraliaPlant taxonomistOrchidologistAlick Dockrill, despite having no formal qualifications in botany, earned a reputation as an expert on orchids, particularly those of northern Australia. His lifelong interest in orchids began as a young boy. Among the first people to encourage this interest was Hermann Rupp. After moving to Cairns in 1957 Dockrill embarked on the task of illustrating and describing all the orchids of the north. He published descriptions of 20 new species and four genera of orchid. His first paper, issued in 1954, was followed by more than 80 published in Australia's major orchid journals and in those of naturalists clubs. He also wrote four books illustrated with his careful and accurate line drawings. For five years Dockrill was Keeper of the Lae Herbarium, Papua New Guinea, after which he was for 10 years an herbarium technician at the Forest Research Institute (later CSIRO Division of Forest Research) in Atherton. In 1991 he received the Award of Honour from the Australian Orchid Foundation. Dockrill donated his personal herbarium of over 1,600 specimens to the Australian National Herbarium in Atherton which, in 2008, amalgamated with other herbaria in northern Queensland to become the Australian Tropical Herbarium. The genus Dockrillia and several species were named in his honour.19571957Life event - Moved to Cairns, Queensland19661970Career position - Keeper, Lae Herbarium, Papua New Guinea19701980Career position - Herbarium Technician, CSIRO Atherton Herbarium19801980Life event - Retired19911991Award - Award of Honour, Australian Orchid Foundation
Rupp, Herman Montague Rucker (1872 - 1956)
Australian Orchid Foundation (1976 - )
'Dockrill, Alick William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of TechnologyDockrill, Alick WilliamSwinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative InnovationEncyclopedia of Australian Science and InnovationBook: Australian indigenous orchids, volume 1: the epiphytes, the tropical terrestrial speciesDockrill, AlickAustralian indigenous orchids, volume 1: the epiphytes, the tropical terrestrial speciesSydneySociety for Growing Australian Plants1969Book: A checklist of the orchidaceous plants of North QueenslandDockrill, A.A checklist of the orchidaceous plants of North Queensland[Cairns?]North Queensland Naturalists Club1966Book: Australasian Sarcanthinae; a review of the subtribe Sarcanthinae (Orchidaceae) in Australia and New ZealandDockrill, A. W.Australasian Sarcanthinae; a review of the subtribe Sarcanthinae (Orchidaceae) in Australia and New ZealandSydneyAustralian Native Orchid Society1967Resource Section: In memory of Alick William Dockrill 21-01-1915 - 15-09-2011Lavarack, BillIn memory of Alick William Dockrill 21-01-1915 - 15-09-2011Yarra Glen, Vic.Australian Orchid Foundation2011Australian Orchid Foundation memorial registerResource: Award of HonourAustralian Orchid FoundationAward of HonourYarra Glen, Vic.Australian Orchid Foundation2024Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and IllustratorsFagg, MurrayAustralian Plant Collectors and IllustratorsCouncil of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH)2010Book: With strange device: a history of the discovery of tropical Australia's orchidsLavarack, BillWith strange device: a history of the discovery of tropical Australia's orchidsBuderim, QldPeter S. Lavarack2013