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Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators (C)

 1700s – 2000

Based on the list  published by J.H. Willis, D. Pearson, M.T. Davis, and J.W. Green, Western Australian Herbarium Research Notes Number 12, August 1986.
Enhanced with information from George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA.

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CADELL, Francis

1822–1879

Naval surveyor, slave runner, ? plant collector

notes

 

CADELL, Mrs   see CARDELL

fl.1886–1897

 

 

 

CADY, Leo Isaac

1931–2018

Author, illustrator, orchid collector, mainly NSW

notes

portrait

CAHILL, C.O. 

fl. 1960s

 

 

 

CAHILL, W.J. ^^

1890s

Collected at Wee Waa, Namoi River, NSW

 

 

CAIN, Walter

1886-1972

Railway carpenter, plant and egg collector, Port Augusta, SA

notes

portrait

CALABY, John Henry

1922-1998

Wildlife, bird taxonomist, CSIRO, ACT

notes

portrait

CALDER, Donald Malcolm, Dr * 

1933– 

Botanist

 

 

CALDER, L.M. ^^

fl. 1892

Collected on middle Yarra River, VIC

 

 

CALDER, Winifred (Winty) Braithwaite, (née Wright)

1927–

Botanist, ecologist, author

 

 

CALDWELL, R. ^^

fl. 1893

Collected at Timbury Range, NSW

 

 

CALEY, George 

1770–1829 

Botanist, explorer, gardens superintendent

notes

 

CALEY, James C. 

 

Surveyor

 

 

CALLAGHAN ^^

fl. 1893

Collected at Carlingford, NSW

 

 

CALLAWAY, C.J. ^^

fl. 1883

Collected in Vic. at Curdies River & Cowleys Creek, VIC

 

 

CALLAWAY, J. 

fl. 1980s

 

 

 

CALLEN, Roger Arthur

1943–

Geologist, palaeontologist

notes

 

CALVERT, Caroline Louisa Waring, Mrs, nee ATKINSON  

1834–1872 

Naturalist, writer

notes

portrait

CALVERT, E.P. 

fl. 1897

 

 

 

CALVERT, James Snowden  

1825–1884  

Explorer, station manager

notes

portrait

CALVERT, Joseph Patrick (Pat)

1906–1988

Plant physiologist, early CSIRO herbarium manager, ACT

notes

 

CALVIN, F. ^^

fl. 1880

Collected at Wedderburn, VIC

 

 

CAMARA, Antonio, Chevalier de la (also as CAMERA)

1829–1884

Collected (incl. lichens, mosses, fungi, algae) widely in NSW

notes

 

CAMBAGE, Richard Hind 

1859–1928

Surveyor, botanist

notes

portrait

CAMBRIDGE. Marion, Dr 

 

Botanist

 

 

CAMERON, Alexander Kenneth

1908– 

Engineer, eucalyptologist

notes

 

CAMERON, A.M. ^^

fl. 1892

Collected at Bairnsdale, VIC

 

 

CAMERON, Rev. Archibald Peter

1869–1945

Presbyterian Minister and collector

notes

 

CAMERON. D.M. 

 

Forester

 

 

CAMERON, David George* 

1951

Botanist

 

 

CAMERON, Ian Douglas 

1907–1977 

Mine Manager, naturalist

 

 

CAMERON, J.B.  ``

fl. 1880s

Aust surveyor, collected for Mueller, much time in PNG

 

 

CAMERON, John 

1847–1930  

Farmer

notes

 

CAMERON. Mary Patricia, Mrs*  

1925– 

Botanist, teacher

 

 

CAMERON, Robert Pullar ^^

1861–1949

Builder at Orbost, Vic. Collected on Bemm, Cann, Snowy Rivers, VIC

 

 

CAMERON, S.W. ^^

fl. <1890

Collected fungi at Cleveland, QLD

 

 

CAMFIELD, Julius Henry  

1852–1916  

Gardener, overseer

notes

portrait

CAMPBELL, Archibald James  

1853–1929  

Customs officer, ornithologist, naturalist, columnist, photographer

notes

portrait

CAMPBELL, Flora Mary (later Mrs Martin)

1845–1923

Collected plants for Mueller, fungi for Cooke, fungi artist, TAS, VIC

notes

 

CAMPBELL, Jeff

1942 –

Orchid collector, herbarium collector

notes

portrait

CAMPBELL, G. ^^

fl. 1889

Collected in Blue Mountains, NSW

 

 

CAMPBELL, H. ^^

fl. 1898

Collected at Booligal, NSW

 

 

CAMPBELL, John Fauna

1853–1938

Surveyor, geologist, NSW

notes

 

CAMPBELL, Marianne Collinson

1827–1903

Wildflower painter, NSW

notes

 

CAMPBELL, (L.) Walter Scott 

1844–1935 

Agricultural inspector, Director of Agriculture NSW

notes

 

CAMPBELL, Thomas Graham

fl. 1920-60s

Entomologist,CSIRO Div Entomology, some plant collections, ACT

notes

portrait

CAMPBELL, W.D. ^^

fl. 1892–1900

Collected at Beverley, Southern Cross, goldfields, WA

 

 

CAMPBELL, W.H. ^^

fl. 1885

Collected at Blackall, QLD

 

 

CANE, William Lancashire (Bill)

1911–1987

Nurseryman, apiarist, SGAP founding member

notes

 

CANNING, Estelle Margaret, Miss*  

1936–2021

Botanist, Canberra Botanic Gardens, Aust National Herbarium, ACT

notes

portrait

CANNON, D. ^^

fl.1891–1898

Collected in NSW, range of sites now urban Sydney, NSW

 

 

CANNON, Jack Richard, Dr  

1927‐

Natural products chemist

 

 

CANNON, William Austin

1870-1958

American botanist, arid ecologist, Aust in 1918, USA, SA

notes

 

CANSFIELD-SMITH, Christine

fl. 2000s

Graphic designer, botanical artist, ACT, VIC

notes

 

CANTRILL, David  

1962- 

Palaeobotanist

 

portrait

CANTY, Peter

fl.2010s

Herbarium manager, SA

 

portrait

CARDELL, Mrs

fl.1886-97

Collected for Mueller at Byrock and Gulargambone, NSW

 

 

CAREY, Gladys, Dr  

fl. 1930s

Botanist, Sydney University, NSW

notes

 

CAREY, Henry Stuart (or Stewart)

1854-1889

Surveyor in WA, incl. Albany to Eucla telegraph line, WA

notes

 

CAREY, James Campbell ^^

1856-?

Surveyor in WA, brother of above, botanist with Alexander Forrest, WA

 

 

CAREY, Thomal Campbell ^^

1833-1884

Surveyor, arrived Perth 1862, MLC for Vasse 1872-74, WA

 

 

CARGILL, Dale Christine [= Pike, D. C.]

1957-

Cryptogam botanist, herbarium curator, VIC, (USA), ACT

notes

portrait

CARLILE, E. 

fl. 1882-93

Possibly Edward Carlile, parliamentary draftsman, collected VIC

 

 

CARLQUIST, Sherwin John, Dr

1930–2021

Botanist, biologist

notes

 

CARLSON, A. ^^

fl. 1888

Arrived WA from Melbourne 29 June 1888, prospector, VIC, WA

 

 

CARLTON, Henry, born SCHNEIDER  

fl.1891-1917

 

 

 

CARNABY, Ivan Clarence

1908-1974  

Farmer, naturalist, ornithologist, WA

notes

 

CARNE, Joseph Edmund  

1855-1922  

Curator Mining Museum, Government Geologist, NSW

notes

 

CARNE, Walter Mervyn  

1885-1952  

Botanist, plant pathologist, VIC, WA, TAS

notes

 

CARNEGIE, David Wynford  

1871-1900  

Explorer, prospector in WA

notes

portrait 

CAROLAN, Patricia M.

1928-

Geologist, amateur eucalyptologist, VIC

notes

 

CAROLIN, Roger Charles, Prof.*  

1929- 

Botanist, Professor, NSW

notes

portrait

CAROUDOUS, Dr  

 

Plant pathologist, phycologist

 

 

CARR  

fl. 1886

 

 

 

CARR, Denis John, Prof.  

1915-2008

Botanist, writer, ANU Canberra, ACT

notes

portrait

CARR, Geoffrey William*  

1948- 

Nurseryman, botanist, artist

 

 

CARR, Stella Grace Maisie, Mrs, (née FAWCETT)

1912-1988  

Botanist, historian, eucalyptologist, VIC, ACT

notes

portrait

CARRICK, John  

1914-1978  

Herbarium botanist, Canada, Asia, SA

notes 

portrait

CARRODUS, Bailey Balfour, Dr 

fl. 1950s

Ecologist

 

 

CARROLL, Elizabeth J.   [later HAYDON]

? - 2007

Botanist, Canberra CBG Herbarium, ACT

notes

portrait

CARRON, Dr

fl. 1979

 

 

 

CARRON, William 

1823-1876 

Botanist, forester, botanical collector, NSW

notes

portrait

CARRUTHERS, W.  

fl. 1870

Palaeobotanist

 

 

CARSE, Harry  

1857-?1930

Teacher

 

 

CARSON, A.

 

 

 

 

CARSON, D.

 

 

 

 

CARTER, C. Brunell

fl. 1915

 

 

 

CARTER, Charles Ernest  

1885-1976 

School Principal, forester, eucalyptologist, ACT

notes

 

CARTER, Herbert James  

1858-1940  

Entomologist

 

 

CARTER, J. [labels are with T.]

 

 

 

 

CARTER, J. D. Mrs

fl.1894

Collected MEL specimens at Southern Cross, WA

 

 

CARTER, Sarah   (née HOLLINGDOR)

c.1819-82

Collected ferns for Mueller at Moonan Brook, NSW

 

 

CARTER, Sarah Henriette, Miss

1841-1925

Collected specimens, including fungi, for Mueller in NSW

notes

 

CARTER, Susan Holmes, Miss

fl. 1883

 

 

 

CARTWRIGHT, Capt.  

 

Lichenologist

 

 

CASEMENT, Brabazon Newcomen, Dr

1852-1910

Medical doctor, NSW

notes

 

CASHIN, J.A.  

fl. 1960s  

Lichen collector

 

 

CASHMORE, Alec Brooke*  

1907- 

Agronomist, SA, ACT, WA

notes

 

CATCHESIDE, David Guthrie

1907-1994

British-born geneticist, moss collector, UK, ACT, SA

notes

portrait

CATLETT, W.

 

 

 

 

CATLING, Dorothy Margaret

1927-2005

Forensic scientist, Proteaceae taxonomist, UK

notes

 

CAULFIELD, Harold W.  

fl. 1950s 

Nursery worker, propagator, Gardens Director, QLD

notes

portrait

CAUX, G. de 

fl. 1920s

 

 

 

CAVANAGH, Anthony  

fl. 1960s-80s

Photographer

 

 

CAVANILLES, Antonio Jose

1745-1804

Botanical illustrator, Spain, (never visited Aust.)

notes

portrait

CAYLEY, Neville William

1886-1950

Natural history artist, mostly birds and mammals, NSW

notes

portrait

CAYZER, Lindy W.

1952-

Botanist, specializing in Pittosporaceae, ACT

notes

portrait

CHADIM, Vaclav Anthony (Tony)

1929-

Orchidologist in PNG, built up B&W photo collection, PNG, ACT

notes

 

CHADWICK, C.E.  

fl. 1940s-60s

 

 

 

CHADWICK, Yvonne  

fl. 1970

Botanical illustrator, WA

notes

 

CHALMERS, James B.

1841-1901

Missionary, Cook Islands, New Guinea, Old, PNG

notes

portrait

CHALMERS, Samuel, Rev., Prof.

 

 

 

 

CHAMBERLIN, Miss

fl.1876

Collected at 'Tarracutta' (i.e. Tarcutta), NSW, and Rochester, Vic.

 

 

CHAMBERS, Thomas Carrick, Prof. 

1930

Botanist, pteridologist, Gardens Director, gardens historian, palaeobotanist, NZ, VIC, NSW

notes

portrait

CHANDLER, Beth

fl. 1980s

Botanical illustrator, SA

notes

portrait

CHANDLER, C.  

fl. 1860-88

 

 

 

CHANDLER, Gregory T.

fl. 1990-2010s

Botanist, taxonomist, ANU Canberra, ACT, USA, NT

notes

portrait

CHAPMAN, Alex R.

1959-

Herbarium botanist, Sydney, Perth, computing, databases, NSW, WA

notes

portrait

CHAPMAN, Arthur David* 

1947-

Botanist, biographer, ACT, Brazil

notes

 

CHAPMAN, Charles*

1904-1989

Farmer, conservationist, plant collector, WA

notes

portrait

CHAPMAN, Frederick

1864-1943 

Geologist, palaeontologist

 

 

CHAPMAN, Wilfred Dinsey, Col.

1891-1955  

Engineer, eucalyptologist, VIC

notes

 

CHAPPELL, Ellen Eva (née Wager)

1899-1974

Watercolour flower painter, schoool teacher, WA

notes

 

CHAPPILL, Jennifer Anne (Jenny)

1959-2006

Botanist, VIC, UK, WA

notes

 

CHAPPLE, Gary

fl.1990s-2010s

Herbarium botanical data manager, 35 years, Sydney, NSW

 

 

CHAPUY, Jean Baptiste

1760-1816

Botanical illustrator, Europe

notes

 

CHARLEY, James Lindsay, Dr

1931- 

Botanist, ecologist

 

 

CHARSLEY, E.N.

 

 

 

 

CHARSLEY, Fanny Anne, Miss

1828-1915  

Artist, author, VIC, UK

notes

 

CHATTAWAY, Mary Margaret, Dr*

1899-1997 

Botanist, wood technologist

 

 

CHEEL, Edwin  

1872-1951& nbsp;

Botanist, herbarium curator, writer, QLD, NSW

notes 

portrait

CHEESEMAN, Thomas F.

1845-1923

New Zealand botanist, cutator, NZ

notes

portrait

CHEESMAN, William Norwood 

1847-1925 

Fungus collector

 

 

CHESTERFIELD, Evan Alexander*

1946- 

Forester

 

 

CHEW, Wee-Lek, Dr 

1932- 

Botanist, initially in Singapore, later RBG Sydney. Malaysia, NSW

 

portrait

CHILD, John, Dr 

1922-1984 

Economist, naturalist, cryptogamic botanist

 

 

CHINNOCK, Robert James, Dr* 

1943- 

Herbarium botanist, Adelaide, Eremophila specialist, SA

notes

portrait

CHIPPENDALE, George McCartney* 

1921-2010 

Botanist, author, eucalyptologist, photographer, NT, ACT

notes

portrait

CHIPPENDALE, Thelma Myrtle (née Gore)

1921-2011

Illustrator, photographer, author, NT, ACT

notes

 

CHIRNSIDE, Deb

1959-

Botanical artist, watercolor, pencil, colored pencil, VIC

notes

 

CHISHOLM, Edwin Claude, Dr

c. 1880-1944 

Medical officer, botanist, NSW

notes

 

CHISHOLM, James R. 

?1855-1927

 

 

 

CHISHOLM, W.R.  

fl. 1899  

Collector

 

 

CHORNEY, Kosmyn (previously spelt CZORNIJ)

fl 1960s

Adelaide Herbarium staff member, SA

notes

portrait

CHRISTENSEN, Geoffrey, Dr  

fl. 1960s- 

Research scientist, photographer

 

 

CHRISTENSEN, Trevor John*  

1954- 

Horticulturist, botanic gardens manager, QLD, SA

notes

portrait

CHRISTIAN, Clifford Stuart, Dr*  

1907- 

Scientist, ecologist

 

 

CHRISTOPHEL, David Charles, Dr*  

1947–2018

Botanist, palaeobotanist, SA

notes

portrait

CHURCHILL, David Maughan, Dr*  

1933- 

Gardens Director, botanist, palaeobotanist, WA, VIC

notes

portrait

CHURCHILL, Steven  

fl. 1980s  

Bryologist

 

 

CLARK, A.  

fl. 1887

 

 

 

CLARK, B.  

fl. 1860s

 

 

 

CLARK, D.R. Mrs

fl.1886

Collected a MEL specimen at Korumburra, VIC

 

 

CLARK, Ruth, Miss  

fl. 1950s  

Naturalist

 

 

CLARKE, George H.  

1895- 

Agricultural botanist, teacher, lecturer, (fl. 1930s-1940s), NSW, SA.

notes

 

CLARKE, Ian Charles*

1950-

Botanist, artist, lecturer, VIC

notes

 

CLARKE, J., Miss

fl. 1940s

 

 

 

CLARKE, ?L. Mrs

fl.1899

Wildflower painter, Coolgardie, WA

 

 

CLARKE, R.

 

 

 

 

CLARKE, Steven Mark 

1956- 

Marine biologist, phycologist

 

 

CLARKE, William Branwhite, Rev. 

1798-1878 

Geologist, palaeobotanist

 

portrait

CLARKE, Zara

1885-1974

Daughter of pastoralist, QLD

notes

 

CLARKSON, D.B.  

fl. 1860s

 

 

 

CLARKSON, John Richard*  

1950-. 

Herbarium botanist, QLD

 

portrait

CLARKSON, Richard Charles 

1947- 

Ecologist, planner

 

 

CLARSON, William  

~1832-1890

Writer and a horticulturalist, VIC, ?NSW

notes

 

CLASS, Jeanette  

fl. 1970s

 

 

 

CLAYTON, Margaret N., Dr*  

1943- 

Phycologist

 

 

CLEARY, Miss

fl.1882

Collected a MEL specimen at Rostrevor, Spring Bay, TAS

 

 

CLELAND, John Burton, Prof. Sir  

1878-1971 

Government plant pathologist,mycologist, botanist, microbiologist, SA

notes

portrait

CLELAND, William Lennox, Dr  

1847-1918 

Surgeon and medical practitioner

 

 

CLEMENS, Joseph, Rev.  

1862-1936 

Missionary, botanical explorer, mostly SE Asia, PNG

 

portrait

CLEMENS, Mary Knapp, Mrs, (née STRONG)

1873-1968

Missionary, herbarium collector, mostly SE Asia, PNG

notes

portrait

CLEMENT, Emile Louis Bruno

1844-1928

German-born anthropologist, miner, plant collector, WA

notes

portrait

CLEMENTS, Frederick Moore  

1857-1920  

Medicinal plant collector, pharmacist, manufacturing chemist

 

 

CLEMENTS, Mark Alwin

1949-

Herbarium botanist, orchidologist, SA, ACT

notes

portrait

CLEMESHA, Stephen Chapman*

1942- 

Botanist, author, orchidologist

 

 

CLEMSON, Alan 

fl. 1980s  

Apiculturist, photographer

 

 

CLENDINNING, Martha, Mrs

1822-1908

Collected for Mueller at Maldon and Ballarat, VIC

notes

 

CLEVELY, John  

1747-1768  

Botanical artist, UK

notes

 

CLIFFORD, Harold Trevor, Prof.*  

1927–2019

Taxonomist, ecologist, author, grass expert, uni Professor, VIC, Nigeria, QLD

notes

portrait

CLIFFORD, J. [also T.]

 

 

 

 

CLIFTON, George  

1823-1913  

Police Inspector, algae collector

 

 

CLINTON, S.F.

 

 

 

 

CLORVES, M.

 

 

 

 

CLOUGH, Richard

1921-2014

Architect, landscape architect, bibliophile, gardening historian, NSW, ACT

notes

portrait

CLOWES, G.

fl. 1850s

? visitor to NSW

notes

 

CLULEE, Charles James

1868-1932+

Forester, NSW

notes

 

CLUNIES-ROSS, William John

1850-1914  

College lecturer, scientist, NSW

notes

 

COALDRAKE, John Edward  

1920- 

Plant ecologist

 

 

COATES, Anne

fl.1977-80

Honorary Curator Kings Park Herbarium, WA

 

 

COATES, David Jack

1953- 

Botanist, geneticist, conservationist, ACT, WA

notes

portrait

COBB, Lorraine

  -2008

Botanist and botanical illustrator, WA

notes

portrait

COBB, Nathan Augustus  

1859-1932

 

 

 

COCHRANE, G. Ross  

fl. 1960s

Ecologist, geographer

 

 

COGHILL, George

1864-1957

Victorian Field Naturalist, collector, VIC

notes

portrait

COLDITZ, Jean

fl.1940s

Artist, line illust. Acacia for Thistle Harris in 'Wildlife' magazine

 

 

COLE, E. W.

f. 1860s

Photographer, publisher, seed collector

 

 

COLE, M. M.

fl. 1960s

 

 

 

COLE, Stephen

f. 1852-68

Police commissioner on River Murray

 

 

COLEBY-WILLIAMS, Jerry

fl. 1980s-2000s

Horticultural botanist, garden manager, media personality, UK, WA, NSW, QLD

notes

portrait

COLEMAN, Edith, Mrs, (née HARMS)

1874-1951

Teacher, naturalist, writer, esp. Victorian Naturalist, VIC

notes

portrait

COLEMAN, Robert Stanley ("Bob")

fl. 1960s

Plant collector, apiculturist

 

 

COLENSO, William

1811-1899

Missionary and botanist esp. cryptogams, mostly in New Zealand

 

 

COLLIE, Alexander  

1793-1835 

Ships surgeon, explorer in WA

notes

 

COLLIE, Robert, Rev. 

1839-1892

Presbyterian Minister, amateur collector, ecologist, NSW

notes

portrait

COLLINS, June

fl. 1960s

Botanical illustrator, ACT

notes

 

COLLINS, Marjorie Isabel, Miss  [SHIELS, Mrs]

1895-1970

Botanist, ecologist

 

 

COLLINS, Ronald, Rev.

1918-1989

Anglican Minister, orchid collector, Atherton, QLD

notes 

 

COLLIVER, Frederick Stanley  

1908-1991

Geologist, naturalist, VIC, QLD

notes

 

COLQUHOUN, Thomas Talbot

1904-1981

Botany lecturer Uni Adelaide & Waite, Director Land Settlement

 

 

COLYER, C.

 

 

 

 

COMBER, Harold Frederick  

1897-1969 

Botanical explorer, gardener

 

 

CONABERE, Elizabeth Vivienne, Mrs*  

1929-2009

Botanical artist, VIC

notes

 

CONN, Barry John, Dr*  

1948- 

Herbarium botanist, Asia-Pacific specialist, PNG, VIC, NSW

notes

portrait

CONNELL, Miss

fl.1864

Collected MEL specimens (algae) at George Town, TAS

 

 

CONNOR, F.

 

 

 

 

CONNORS, John R.

1954-

Herbarium technician, Atherton, Canberra, EUCLID, eucalypt collector, QLD, ACT

notes

portrait

CONRAN, John Godfrey*  

1960- 

Botanist, ecologist, taxonomist, lecturer, Univ. Adelade since 2000, SA

notes

portrait

CONRICK, Patrick Edward*  

1922-2014

Airforce pilot WW2, ?drover, personal herbarium collector, SA

notes

portrait

CONSIDEN. Denis  

c.1760-1815  

Medical practitioner, NSW

notes

 

CONSTABLE, Ernest Francis*

1903-1986

Herbarium collector, NSW

notes

 

CONSTANS, L.

fl. 1850s

Botanical illustrator, lithographer, Britain, never visited Aust.

notes

 

COOK. E.R.

fl. 1930s

 

 

 

COOK, James, Capt.

1728-1779 

Navigator, explorer, UK

notes

portrait

COOKE, David Alan

1949- 

Botanist

 

 

COOKE, George

1781-1834

Botanical illustrator, UK

notes

 

COOKSON, Isabel Clifton Dr  

1893-1973 

Palaeobotanist, palynologist, illustrator, VIC

notes

portrait

COOPER, Daniel, Sir  

1821-1902 

Merchant, philanthropist

 

 

COOPER, De

 

 

 

 

COOPER, Duncan Elphinstone  

1813-1904

Pastoralist, amateur painter, drew trees, VIC

notes

 

COOPER, Elizabeth

1950-

Botanical artist, especially Stenocarpus, NSW

   

COOPER, Harold M.  

1886-1970  

Scientist

 

 

COOPER, William T. (Bill)

1934-

Natural history artist, fruit illustrator, QLD

notes

portrait

COPLEY, Bruce Jabez* 

1933-1984

Amateur botanist, photographer, farmer, SA

notes

 

COPLEY, Peter Bruce* 

1956- 

Botanist, zoologist, ecologist, SA

notes

portrait

COPPINGER, Richard William ``

1847-1910 

Irish naval surgeon, naturalist, 1881 visited Sydney, QLD, PNG

 

 

COQUE, John Vincent de  

1857-post 1910

Timber inspector, businessman, NSW

notes

 

CORBEM, Keith D., Dr  

fl. 1979 

Geologist, botanist

 

 

CORDER, Thomas 

1812-1874 

Miller

 

 

CORNISH, W.H.  

fl. 1880s

Pastoralist

 

 

CORRELL, Raymond L., Dr  

fl. 1970s

Botanist, mathematical statistician

 

 

CORREY, Allan Dale*  

1931- 

Landscape architect, SA

 

 

CORRICK, Margaret Georgina, Mrs*  

1922-2020

Field naturalist, herbarium assistant, collector, author, VIC, TAS, WA

notes

 

COSH, Janet Louise

1901-1989

Teacher, historian, herbarium collector, philanthropist, NSW

notes

portrait

COSTERMANS, Leon F. 

1933- 

Teacher, botanist, author, illustrator, VIC

notes

portrait

COSTIN, Alec Baillie* 

1925-2022

Ecologist, alpine, author, NSW, ACT

notes

portrait

COTTER, Jessie Annie,   (née KENNEDY)

1864-1941

Collected for Mueller in QLD

notes

portrait

COTTRELL-DORMER, W. 

fl. 1927

 

 

 

COULSON, Hilary

fl.1980-2011

Herbarium assistant, Alice Springs for 29 years, NT

 

 

COURDEROT de MELANGE  

fl. 1880s

Algae collector

 

 

COURT, Arthur Bertram

1927-2012 

Herbarium botanist, curator, Acacia specialist, VIC, ACT

notes

portrait

COUTANT, Jean Louis Denis

1776-1831

Botanical engraver

 

 

COVENY, Robert George 

1943- 

RBG State Herbarium collector, NSW

notes

portrait

COWAN, Dircksey Constance

1880-1954

Public servant, wildflower painter, WA

notes

 

COWAN, Richard Sumner

1921-1997  

Taxonomist, plant name indexer, author, USA, WA

notes

portrait

COWAN, Roberta Ann (née Tobias)

1954-

Algal botanist, database developer, archivist, VIC, NSW, WA

notes

portrait

COWIE, Ian Donald

1956-

Herbarium botanist, Darwin, NT

notes

portrait

COWLE, Kate J.   (married as WEINDORFER)

-1916

Field Naturalist, later wife of Gustav Weindorfer

notes

 

COWLEY, E.  ``

fl. 1890s

Overseer Kamerunga State Nursery N Qld, 1893 to PNG

notes

 

COWLEY, Ebeneezer  

1848/9-1889

 

 

 

COX, Eliza   later Mrs Dixon

1830-1897

Collected for Mueller in Tas, wildflower and landscape painter, TAS

notes

portrait

CRAFTER, Brian  

fl. 1960s-80s  

Photographer

 

 

CRAIG, Janie

1876-1902

Published painter of wildflowers, SA, WA

notes

 

CRAIGIE, Emma   (née BERTHOUD)

1842-1921

Collected for Mueller in WA

notes

 

CRAIGIE, W.  

fl. 1906-09

Lichen collector

 

 

CRANE, Cyril Ralph

1938-1999

Orchid collector in QLD

notes

portrait

CRANFIELD, Raymond Jeffrey

1947- 

Botanist

 

 

CRAVEN, Lyndley Alan* 

1945-2014 

Botanist, mostly with CSIRO in Canberra, PNG, ACT

notes

portrait

CRAWFORD, Alexander Robert

1840-1912

Farm manager

notes

 

CRAWFORD, Isobel Louise

1948-

Herbarium collector, environmental consultant, VIC, ACT

notes

portrait

CRAWFORD, Lindsay D.  

fl. 1950s

Geologist

 

 

CREETH, Helena

1859-1941

Painted wildflowers on china (with her sister May), WA

notes

 

CREETH, (May) Mary Elizabeth

1854-1947

Wildflower painter, china painter, teacher, photographer, WA

notes

 

CRIBB, Alan Bridson, Dr  

1925- 

Botanist, phycologist, QLD

 

 

CRIBB, Joan Winifred, Mrs,   (née HERBERT) 

1930- 

Botanist, mycologist QLD

notes

 

CRICHTON, Charles Eric*  

1949- 

Photographer

 

 

CRICHTON, George A.  

fl. 1960s-80s 

Mycologist

 

 

CRISP, Leanne

fl. 1978

Artist, illustrator, SA, ACT

 

 

CRISP, Michael Douglas, Dr*  

1950- 

Taxonomic botanist, Adelaide, then Canberra ANBG and ANU, to Brisbane, SA, ACT, QLD

notes

portrait

CROCKER, Robert Langdon, prof.  

1914-1963  

Botanist, ecologist, SA, USA, NSW

notes

portrait

CROFT, James Reginald (Jim)

1951-

Herbarium botanist, pteridologist, data-manager, PNG, ACT

notes

portrait

CROLL, Robin D.  

 

Agriculturalist

 

 

CROMBIE, James  

1881-1942  

Pastoral Manager

 

 

CROMER, D'Arcy Ananda Neil*  

1910-2003

Forester, ecologist, botanist, Forestry & Timber Bureau, NSW, ACT

notes

portrait

CROWIN, Annie  

1881-?

 

 

 

CRONIN. Edward  

fl. 1890s

 

 

 

CRONIN, John

1865-1926

Horticulturist and botanic gardens director, VIC

notes

portrait

CRONIN, Margaret, Miss

?-1929

Collected for Mueller c.1890, in WA

notes

 

CRONIN, Mary Ann,   (later Mrs WALTER)

1871-1974

Collected extensively for Mueller (1887-1894) in WA

notes

portrait

CROOK. Keith W.S., Dr  

fl. 1960-80

Palaeonologist, geologist

 

 

CROSS, D.O. 

fl. 1941

 

 

 

CROSS, Edward William (Ed)

1977-2007

Systematic botanist, NSW and Canberra

notes

portrait

CROSSLAND, C.  

fl. 1905 

Explorer

 

 

CROSSMAN, Douglas George  

1952- 

Zoologist

 

 

CROUCH, H.A.  

fl. 1870s

 

 

 

CROUCH, Maria, Mrs, (née TELFORD)  

fl. 1874-76

Collected for Mueller in WA

notes

 

CROXALL, Barbara S. (née Parris)

fl. 1970-90s

Pteridologist

 

portrait

CROXALL, John P.

fl. 1970s

Ornithologist, pteridologist

 

 

CROXFORD, Eileen

1912-2006

Naturalist, herbarium collector, Albany, WA.

notes

portrait

CRUIKSHANK, Veda Muriel

1915-2009

Botanical artist, scientific algae, wildflowers, SA

notes

portrait

CULLIMORE, Jill, Miss  

fl. 1960s

Herbarium assistant

 

 

CUMMING, D.  

fl. 1891-92

Assistant, Elder Expedition

 

 

CUMMING, Mrs

fl. 1893

Collected for Mueller near Hopetoun, VIC

 

 

CUMMING, Russell*  

1959- 

Acacia collector

 

 

CUMMINGS, David J.

fl. 1970s

Botanical assistant, CBG Herbarium, Canberra, ACT

notes

portrait

CUNNINGHAM, Allan  

1791-1839 

Explorer, botanist, official collector for Joseph Banks

notes

portrait

CUNNINGHAM, Geoff McIver  

fl. 1960s-2000s

NSW Soil Conservation Service officer, author, photographer, NSW

notes

portrait

CUNNINGHAM, Gordon Heriot, Dr 

1892- 

Mycologist

 

 

CUNNINGHAM, Richard  

1793-1835 

Colonial Botanist, gardens superintendent (brother of Allan)

notes

portrait

CURDIE, Daniel, Dr

1810-1884 

Pioneer pastoralist, physician, naturalist, NSW

notes

portrait

CURDIE, Frances Niel    (née PURVES)

1829-1900

Collected for Mueller in VIC

notes

portrait

CURNOW, Judith A.

fl.1980s

Technician, Canberra Botanic Gardens Herbarium, ACT

 

 

CURRAN, John Michael [Milne], Rev.

1859-1929  

Roman Catholic priest, lecturer, public servant, palaeobotanist

 

 

CURRIE, Jane Eliza (née WOOD)

fl.1829-32

Painter of miniatures, wildflowers and landsacpes, WA

 

 

CURTIS, Denzil 

1892-1973 

Farmer, naturalist

 

 

CURTIS, Herbert Sydney (Syd)

1928-2015

Forester, national parks director, QLD

notes

portrait

CURTIS, Winifred Mary, Dr*  

1905-2005 

Botanist, author, mostly TAS

notes

portrait

CUSACK, William Henry 

1871-1965 ??

Pastoralist

 

 

CUSACK, William Michael 

1871-1965

Forester, WA

notes

 

CUTHBERTSON,Walter R. ``

1877-1898 

Surveyor in Qld, also in PNG

notes

 

CZORNIJ, Kosmyn (later spelt CHORNEY)

fl 1960s

Adelaide Herbarium staff member, SA

notes

portrait

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surnames (Family names) starting with:
A     B     C     D     E     F     G     H     I     J     K     L     M     N     O     P-Q     R     S     T     U-V     W     X-Y-Z


* = information contributed by the collector/illustrator themselves (to Willis et al) pre 1986

^^ = information from: George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA.


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