Hain, Betty   (fl. 1970 - 77)

Betty was a technician, Canberra Botanic Gardens Herbarium (later Australian National Botanic Gardens), Canberra.

Her first collection is 1970 and her last is 1977.

She went on a 1977 collecting trip to NE Queensland with Peter Ollerenshaw in 1974.

Murray Fagg remembers her talking about her youth at Barrenjoey Lighthouse north of Sydney, and her husband David working at NCDC in Canberra.

A search (2026) on Google AI said:

"Betty Hain was a notable resident of the Barrenjoey Lighthouse cottages in Sydney, New South Wales, during the mid-20th century. She and her family were part of a post-World War II artists' commune that formed on the Barrenjoey.

"Betty Hain lived in the historic lighthouse cottages at Barrenjoey, which had been converted into a series of studios and residences after the lighthouse became automated.

"The Artists' Commune: Following WWII, the headland hosted a community of artists and sculptors. Her husband, David Hain, was an economics student who maintained a residence in one of the cottages...

"Life at the Headland: Life for the Hains at Barrenjoey was rustic and physically demanding. They often relied on a huge underground well for water, with David Hain famously lowering buckets by hand to supply the household."

Source: Extracted from:
https://www.pittwateronlinenews.com/Barrenjoey-Artists-Commune-Post-WWII.php
https://amplify.gov.au/transcripts/ACTHeritageLibrary/Stories_of_Canberra_Planners/David_Hain_interviewed_by_Geoff_Campbell_2012?t=04:37
M. Fagg pers.comm. (2026)
Google AI search (2026) - 'Betty and David Hain'.
Portrait Photo: 1976, Mike Crisp, ANBG Photo Collection H-389.

Collecting localities for 'Hain, B.' from AVH (2025)

Data from 315 specimens