Pickard, John   (1944 - )

Born in 1944;

After a career as a vegetation ecologist and geomorphologist studying vegetation in Australia and Antarctica, John Pickard began researching rural fences in the late 1980s. At the time he was studying the nuances of the impact of European grazing on semi-arid lands.

This culminating in his PhD thesis: Lines across the landscape: history, impact and heritage of Australian rural fences (Macquarie University, 2010).

His career prior to that is listed below:

1969 to 1978
National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW, - Plant Ecologist

1978 to 1981
Australian Antarctic Division: Melbourne - Hobart, Tasmania, - Biologist

1979 to 1984
Macquarie University: NSW, - Postgraduate student (Department of Biological Sciences)

1984 to 1985
University of Alberta: Edmonton, Alberta, CA - Killam Postdoctoral Scholar (Department of Botany)

1986 to 1987
Western Lands Commission: Sydney, NSW, - Rangelands Director

1987 to 1989
Western Lands Commission: Sydney, NSW, - Assistant Commissioner {Land Resources)

1989 to 1992
Macquarie University: Sydney, NSW, - Lecturer (Environmental Planning) (Graduate School of the Environment)

1993 to 2000
Macquarie University: Sydney, NSW, - Senior Lecturer (Environmental Planning) (Graduate School of the Environment)

2000 to 2002
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service: Dubbo, NSW, - Manager, Conservation Programs and Planning (Western Directorate)

2003 to 2010
Macquarie University: Sydney, NSW, - Postgraduate student (Department of Physical Geography)

2011 to 2020
Echidna EcoServices: Sydney, NSW, - Independent researcher / consultant

Source: Extracted from:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1342-5078
https://www.australianfencepublishing.com.au/pages/about-john-pickard
Portrait Photos: (top) 1978, George Chippendale, ANBG Photo Collection, H-363
(below) 2021, www.australianfencepublishing.com.au/pages/about-john-pickard

Collecting localities for 'Pickard, J.' from AVH (2025)

Data from 5,233 specimens