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 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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Surnames (Family names) starting with:
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GABRIEL, Charles John  

1879-1963

Marine conchologist, see father Joseph Gabriel notes below, VIC

 

 

GABRIEL, Joseph  

1847-1922

Pharmacist, naturalist, seaweeds, ornothologist, VIC

notes

portrait

GAFF, Donald Frederick, Dr* 

1936- 

Botanist

 

 

GAGE, Thomas, Sir 

1799-1820

 

 

 

GAIMARD, Paul Joseph  

1799-1858 

Physician, zoologist

 

portrait

GAIN, L.

 

 

 

 

GALBRAITH, Jean, Miss* 

1906-1999 

Botanist, author, horticulturist, VIC

notes

 

GALE, Mary Ann   (née SCOTT) 

1833-1903

Collected for Mueller, mainly algae, in WA

notes

 

GALLOWAY, David John

1942-2014

Lichen collector, biochemist, UK, NZ

notes

portrait

GARDEN, Joy, [see THOMPSON, Joy]

 

 

 

 

GARDINER, H. George, Dr* 

1950- 

Agricultural adviser

 

 

GARDNER, Charles Austin 

1896-1970 

Government Botanist, artist, WA

notes

portrait

GARGUREVICH, Matteo 

1844 1912 

Prospector

 

 

GARLAND, J.L. 

fl. 1857

 

 

 

GARLAND, James Robert 

1840-1915 

Lawyer

 

 

GARNER, R., Mrs 

fl. ? 1947

 

 

 

GARNET, John Roslyn* 

1906- 

Research scientist, naturalist, author, illustrator, VIC

notes

portrait

GARNOCK-JONES, Philip John

1950-

New Zealand botanist, Parahebe-Veronica, NZ

 

 

GARRATT, Michael J., Dr 

1941- 

Geologist

 

 

GARRAWAY, R.W., Mrs

fl. early 1900s

Botanical artist, QLD

notes

 

GARREAU, Colin A. 

fl. 1957-58 

Lighthouse keeper

 

 

GASTEEN, Wrixon James (Jim)

1922-2017

Farmer and conservationist, author, QLD, NSW

notes

 

GATES, Alfred Charles Fenner, Rev. 

fl. 1901- ext. 1927

Anglican clergyman

 

 

GATES, William Fleming 

1856-1953 

Teacher, naturalist

 

 

GAUBA, Erwin, Dr 

1891-1964 

Botanist, collector, herbarium manager, ACT

notes

portrait

GAUCI, Maxim

fl. 1810-1846

Botanical lithographer, UK

notes

 

GAUDICHAUD-BEAUPRE, Charles 

1789-1854 

French botanist, expeditioner, NSW

notes

portrait

GEBHARDT, A.

fl. 1840-1860

Botanical engraver, Vienna

notes

 

GEE, Elizabeth, Mrs 

fl. 1970s 

Naturalist

 

 

GEEVES, Kay, Mrs* 

1935-

 

 

 

GEHEEB, Adalbert 

1842-1909 

Bryologist

 

 

GEISSMANN, Hilda (Mrs Herbert Curtis)

1890-1988

Naturalist, photographer, Queensland

notes

portrait

GENOVESE, G.R. 

fl. 1950s 

Botanical artist

 

 

GEORGE, W.J. 

fl. 1902

 

 

 

GEORGE, Alexander Segger* 

1939- 

Botanist, editor

notes

portrait

GEORGE, Elizabeth (née Sykes)

1935-2012

Botanist, Verticordia collector

notes

portrait

GEORGE, Ivan 

 

Orchardist, naturalist

 

 

GEORGE, Thomas Edward* 

1910- 

Teacher with the Victorian Education Department

 

 

GERRARD, S. Miss

fl. 1887

Collected for Mueller in Tas and Vic

 

 

GESSNER 

fl. 1800s 

Lichen collector

 

 

GIBBONS, Denis

1937-2011

Pollination botanist, Hakea, war photo-journalist, NSW, Vietnam

 

 

GIBBONS, Philip Norman* 

1942-

 

 

 

GIBBS, Lilian Suzette, Mrs 

1870-1925 

Botanist

 

 

GIBBS, Celia May (later Mrs Kelly)

1877-1969

Author, artist, some botanical illustrations, mostly childrens' cartoons

notes

portrait

GIBLIN, A.V.

 

 

 

 

GILBERT, G. 

fl. 1872

 

 

 

GILBERT, John 

1810-1845 

Naturalist

notes

 

GILBERT, Lionel Arthur, Dr* 

1924-2015

Collector, botanist, teacher, botanic gardens historian, NSW

notes

portrait

GILBERT, Percy Albert

1883-1960

Naturalist, orchid grower, author and artist, NSW

notes

 

GILES, Alfred 

1847-1931 

Explorer, drover, pastoralist (Springvale Stn, NT), plant collector

 

 

GILES, Christopher (Senior) ^^

1802-1884

Pastoralist SA (? collected plants), father of both Christopher (Jnr.) and Alfred

 

 

GILES, Christopher (Junior)

c. 1841-1917

Surveyor, telegraph stationmaster (Charlotte Waters, NT), plant collector

notes

 

GILES, Henry Murray

fl. 1898-1910

Zoo keeper

notes

 

GILES, William 

1901-1972 

Naturalist

 

 

GILES, William Ernest Powell 

1835-1897 

Explorer, warden's clerk

notes

portrait

GILL, Arthur Malcolm  

fl. 1970s-2000s

Fire Ecologist, CSIRO Canberra, ACT

notes

portrait

GILL, Edmund Dwen 

1908- 

Palaeontologist, Museum Director

 

 

GILL, Samuel Thomas

1818-1880

Landscape and portrait artist, SA, Vic.

notes

portrait

GILL, Walter 

1851-1929 

Forests conservator, photographer

notes

portrait

GILLEN, Francis James

1855-1912

Telegraph worker, anthropologist, NT, SA

notes

portrait

GILLEN, John (Jake) Spencer

fl. 2000s

Arid ecologist and soil scientist, ANU lecturer, ACT

notes

 

GILLHAM, Mary Eleanor, Dr 

fl. 1959 

Ornithological ecologist, botanist, author

 

 

GILRUTH, John Anderson 

1871-1937 

Veterinary pathologist, Territory Administrator

 

 

GIMSON, Robert

 

 

 

 

GIOIA, Paul

1959-2019

Biodiversity knowledge/data management, 'Nature Map', WA

notes

portrait

GITTINS, Clifford Halliday 

1904 - 1995

Engineering tradesman

notes

 

GIVEN, David

1943-2005

NZ botanist

notes

portrait

GLADSTONE, C.

fl. 1970s

Botanical illustrator

notes

 

GLAESSNER, Martin Fritz, Prof. 

1906-1989 

Palaeontologist, Vienna, Moscow, Port Moresby, Adelaide, PNG, SA

notes

portrait

GLASS, Joe 

fl. 1960s-80s 

Photographer

 

 

GLEN, Eleanor, (Ellen) Sarah,   (née GROVER) 

1865-1931 

Teacher, postmistress, collected for Mueller in WA

notes

 

GLINDEMAN, August Karl (Alf)

1885-1944

Bushman, skin seller, orchid collector, QLD

notes

 

GLOVER, W.K. 

fl. 1840s

 

 

 

GLOVER, C. 

fl. 1883

 

 

 

GOADBY, Bede Theodoric, Lieut.-Col. 

c.1863-1944 

Engineer, orchidologist

 

 

GODDEN, G.R. 

fl. 1950s

 

 

 

GODMAN, J.D.C.

 

 

 

 

GOEBEL, Karl Immanuel Eberhard von 

1855-1932 

Botanist, physiologist, morphologist

 

 

GOESSLING-ST CLOUD, Stanley F.

 

Coppersmith, orchid collector, north QLD

notes

 

GOLDSACK, Harold 

1908-1989

Orchid collector and illustrator, SA

notes

 

GOOD, Peter 

?-1803

Gardener from Kew, died on Flinders' voyage in Investigator

notes

 

GOOD, Roger Bishop

1944-2015

Alpine wetland ecologist, conservationist, NSW, ACT

notes

portrait

GOOD, R.H. 

fl. 1950s

 

 

 

GOODACRE, W.A. 

fl. 1930s 

Botanist

 

 

GOODALL, David William, Dr 

1914-2018

Botanist, ecologist, Edith Cowan University, Drosera specialist, WA

notes

 

GOODBY, G.

 

 

 

 

GOODENOUGH, Samuel, Rev. Dr 

1743-1827 

Botanist

 

 

GOODWIN, Miss

fl. 1869-70

Collected for Mueller in Tas, probably Sophia Sybella below

 

 

GOODWIN, Sophia Sybella

1835-1894

Collected for Mueller in TAS

notes

 

GOODWIN, Thomas Hill, Rev. 

1824-1917

Collected along Murray River

 

 

GOODYEAR 

fl. 1909 

Lichen collector

 

 

GORDON, David Morrice* 

1899-2001

Grazier, plant breeder, arboriculturist, QLD

notes

portrait

GORDON, Dorothy Curtis (née Gemmell)

1930-1985

Flower painter, wife of plant grower Dave Gordon, QLD

 

portrait

GORDON, E.M. see GORDON-MILLS

 

 

 

 

GORDON, Eric Gifford 

c.1910- 

Businessman, orchid collector

 

 

GORDON, Hugh Douglas, Prof.* 

1912-1978 

Botanist

 

 

GORDON, Sarah Alice   later Mrs CLARK-KENNEDY

1863-1931

Collected for Mueller in QLD

notes

portrait

GORDON-MILLS, Elizabeth M., Dr* 

1943- 

Phycologist

 

 

GORE, John 

-1779

Naval Lieutenant

 

 

GOSSE, William Christie 

1842-1881 

Explorer, surveyor, SA

notes

 portrait

GOSSET, A.L.J., Miss 

fl. 1920s

 

 

 

GOSTELOW, Ebenizer Edward

1866-1944

School-teacher, amateur botanical artist, Broken Hill, NSW

notes

portrait

GOTT, Margaret (Beth)

c.1922-2022

Ethnobotanist, Aust Aboriginal use of plants, VIC

notes

portrait

GOTTLIEB, H. 

fl. 1920s

 

 

 

GOUDEY, Christopher John* 

fl. 1980s 

Pteridologist

 

 

GOULD, Elizabeth (née Coxon)

1804-1841 

Artist, wife of John Gould, UK, Aust

notes

portrait

GOULD, John 

1804-1881 

Ornithologist, zoologist, artist, UK, Aust

notes

portrait

GOULD, John Henry, Dr 

-1855

Writer, artist

 

 

GOULD, Rodney E., Dr 

fl. 1960-85 

Palaeobotanist, businessman

 

 

GOULD, William Buelow 

?1804-1853 

Artist, botanical illustrator, TAS

notes

portrait

GOUY, de

fl. 1800-1820

Botanical engraver

notes

 

GOY, Doris Alma 

1912-1999 

Pteridologist

notes

portrait

GRAFF, Robert 

fl. 1887-94 

Lithographic artist, VIC

notes

 

GRAFTON & ARMIDALE, see SAWYER, W.C.

 

 

 

 

GRAHAM, Beverley 

1932-2010

Flower painter, designer. VIC.

notes

 

GRAHAM, Harold John

1858-1929

Amateur artist, flower painter, NSW

notes

 

GRAHAM, Joan

? - 2007

Herbarium technician, CSIRO, ACT

notes

 

GRAHAM, Thomas 

fl. 1820s 

Assistant Garden Superintendent

 

 

GRANDER, J. 

fl.early 1900s

 

 

 

GRANT, A.N.

 

 

 

 

GRANT, Alexander 

c. 1845–1906 

Gardener, mycologist, NSW

notes

 

GRANT, H.

 

 

 

 

GRANT, James

fl. 1849

Botanical illustrator, TAS

notes

 

GRATWICK, W.H. 

fl. 1895

 

 

 

GRAVE, H. 

fl. 1880S

 

 

 

GRAY, Alan Maurice* 

1943- 

Botanist, eucalypts, TAS

notes

 

GRAY, Alfred John 

1896-1981 

Forest Superintendent

 

 

GRAY, Bruce* 

1939- 

Botanist, orchid enthusiast, QLD

notes

portrait

GRAY, Charles

 

 

 

 

GRAY, Christine Evelyn, Miss* 

1925- 

Orchidologist, Illustrator

 

 

GRAY, Max* 

1929–2015

Herbarium botanist, author, CSIRO, ACT

notes

 

GRAY, Roy Gordon* 

1927- 

Nurseryman, seed collector

 

 

GREEN, Charles 

fl. 1870

 

 

 

GREEN, Chris

fl.1971

Ranger, Canberra Botanic Gardens, ACT

 

 

GREEN, Estelle Ann, Mrs, (née SHEPLEY) 

1930- 

Botanist, phycologist

 

 

GREEN, John William, Dr 

1930- 

Botanist, Herbarium Curator, WA

notes

portrait

GREEN, Peter Shaw 

1920-2009 

Botanist, Herbarium Keeper

 

 

GREEN, Robert Geoffrey Hewett*  

1925-2013

Zoologist, museum curator, farmer, TAS

notes

portrait

GREEN, Timothy 

1860-1949 

Photographer, stereoscopic artist

 

 

GREENWOOD, William Frederick Neville 

fl.early 1900s 

Botanist

 

 

GREGORY, Augustus Charles, sir 

1819-1905 

Surveyor-General, explorer, northern Aust, QLD

notes

 portrait

GREGORY, Francis Thomas 

1821-1888 

Explorer, surveyor

 

 portrait

GREGORY, J.H.

 

 

 

 

GREGSON, Edward Jesse 

1882-1955 

Engineer

 

 

GREGSON, Jesse 

1837-1919 

Agricultural Superintendent, QLD, NSW

notes

 

GREIG, J.A.

 

 

 

 

GREIG, Denise  

1945-

Plant photographer, author, publisher, NSW

 

 

GRESHAM, C., see TAYLOR

 

 

 

 

GRESSIT, L.

 

 

 

 

GREUTER, Werner. Prof.* 

1938- 

Botanist

 

 

GREVILLE, Robert Kaye

1794-1866

Botanist, artist, illustrator, UK

notes

 

GREY, Kathleen 

fl. 1980 

Palynologist

 

 

GREY, George, Capt.

1812 - 1898

Explorer, recorded, not collected Aust plants

notes

 

GRIBBLE, E., Rev. 

fl. 1893 

Anglican clergyman

 

 

GRIBBLE, Mary Ann Elizabeth   (née BULMER) 

1848-1929

Collected for Mueller in WA, QLD

notes

 

GRIEVE, Brian James, Prof.* 

1907-1998 

Botanist, author, produced key to flora of WA

notes

 

GRIFFIN, Edward Arnold 

1953- 

Botanist, ecologist

 

 

GRIFFITH, Hubert Hussey D'Alton 

c.1877-1958

 

 

 

GRIFFITHS, Dr 

fl. 1888-89

 

 

 

GRIFFITHS, Kevin

1928-

Western Australian fungi illustrator

 

 

GRIFFITHS, Mary Harriet,   (née BATE)

1855-1951

Plant collector, farmer's wife, Tilba Tilba, NSW

notes

 

GRIFFITHS, Robyn 

fl. 1970s-80s 

Botanical artist, NSW

notes

 

GRIMSHAW, P.

 

 

 

 

GRIMWADE, Russell

1879-1955

Botanical photographer, esp. eucalypts, hand-tinted B&W

 

 

GRIVELL, Bruce Malcolm

1929-2006

Horticulturist, plant collector, Ashby family ties, SA

notes

 

GROENER, Carl A. 

fl. 1870s 

Assistant to Mueller, collected for his exsiccatae in VIC.

 

 

GROENEVELD, Karen M.

fl.1980s

Technician, Canberra Botanic Gardens science group, ACT

 

 

GROOME, Matilda Emma   (née MINNITT)

1818-1894

Collected for Mueller in TAS.

notes

portrait

GROSE, E. 

 

Illustrator

 

 

GROVE, C.H., Rev. 

fl. 1901

 

 

 

GROVE, Carl C. 

fl.. 1906 

Farmer

 

 

GROVER, Eleanor (Ellen) Sarah, (later Mrs GLEN)

1865-1932

Teacher, postmistress, collected for Mueller in WA

notes

 

GROVES, Richard H., Dr 

1939-

Weed ecologist, Melbourne Uni, CSIRO Canberra, VIC, ACT

notes

portrait

GUEIDAN, Cecile

fl. 1999-2015

Herbarium botanist, lichen specialist, France, USA, Canberra, ACT

notes

portrait

GRUMMETT, Jack

 

 

 

 

GUERIN, M. 

fl. 1880s-90s 

Science master

 

 

GUERlN, Jane, Miss 

1846-1890

Collected for Mueller in WA

notes

portrait

GUICHENOT, Antoine 

fl. 1800-03 

Gardener

 

 

GUILFOYLE, William Robert 

1840-1912 

Gardens Director, botanist, landscape designer, VIC

notes

portrait 

GUILLEMIN, Jean Baptiste Antoine 

1796-1842 

Botanist

 

 

GUJA, Lydia K.

fl. 2014

Horticultural seed scientist, Canberra, ACT

notes

 

GULLIVER, B. 

1847-1931 

Nurseryman

 

 

GULLlVER, Thomas A. 

?1847-1931 

Gardener

 

 

GUMMOW, Benjamin William, Dr 

1830-1876 

Medical practitioner, Swan Hill, VIC

notes

portrait

GUNN, Aeneas James 

.-1903 

Librarian, cattle station manager

 

 

GUNN, Bee Fong

fl. 1990s

Botanical artist, plant taxonomist, NT, ACT

notes

 

GUNN, Jeannie, Mrs, (née TAYLOR) 

1870-1961 

Writer

 

 

GUNN, Ronald Campbell 

1808-1881 

Army officer, parliamentarian, magistrate, botanist TAS

notes

portrait

GUNTER, H.A., Rev. 

fl.1930s-40s

 

 

 

GUPPY, Henry Brougham 

1854-1926 

Naval surgeon

 

 

GURGEL, Fred

fl. 2008-14

Phycologist SA Herbarium, later Brazil

 

 

GUYMER, Gordon Paul*

1953-

Herbarium botanist, Sterculeaceae, QLD

notes

portrait

GWYNNE, A. 

fl. 1891/2 

Assistant, Elder Expedition

 

 

GWYTHER, G. Julian 

fl. 1890

 

 

 

 

 

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.


Last Updated on 9 February, 2024 by CHAH webmaster (cpbr-info@anbg.gov.au)