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      Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria  | 
   
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       FAGG, Murray Allan*  | 
     
       1947-  | 
     
       Botanical interpreter, illustrator, photographer, web manager, SA, ACT  | 
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FAGG, Peter Charles  | 
    1947-  | 
    Forester and Silviculture consultant, Phytophthora control, VIC  | 
    
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       FAIRALL, Arthur Robert  | 
     
       1920-1970  | 
     
       Gardens superintendent, Kings Park, WA  | 
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FAIRALL, Pauline (née Bond)  | 
    fl.1963-2003  | 
    Botanist in S.Africa and Kings Park Herbarium, WA  | 
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       FALCK, Carl Ludwig Ferdinand  | 
     
       1833-1908  | 
     
       Watchmaker  | 
     
       
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       FALLA, R.P.  | 
     
       fl. 1960s  | 
     
       Collected for National Herbarium of Victoria, VIC  | 
     
       
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FANNIN, Peter  | 
    1930-  | 
    Botanist (Central Australia), brother of Anne Urban, NT  | 
    
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       FANNING, John B.  | 
     
       fl. 1960s-80s  | 
     
       Photographer  | 
     
       
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       FARRELL, S.  | 
     
       fl. pre 1900s  | 
     
       
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FARRELLY, Mary Martha (née MALEY)  | 
    1866-1943  | 
    Collected for Mueller in WA  | 
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       FARRER, William James  | 
     
       1845-1906  | 
     
       Surveyor, wheat breeder  | 
     
       
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FARROW, Roger  | 
    fl.1970s-2020s  | 
    Entomologist, pollination, orchids, UK, Mali, ACT  | 
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       FAULKNER, Joseph, Rev.  | 
     
       1886-1948  | 
     
       Presbyterian minister, NSW  | 
     
       
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       FAVENC, Ernest  | 
     
       1846-1908  | 
     
       Explorer, author  | 
     
       
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       FAWCETT, Charles Hugh  | 
     
       1812–1890  | 
     
       Police magistrate, collected for Mueller in NSW.  | 
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       FAWCETT, S.G.M., see CARR, S.G.M.  | 
     
       
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FEISTMANTEL, Ottokar  | 
  1848-1891  | 
  Czech-born Palaeontologist, fossil flora Gondwana, India  | 
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       FELL, Leonard Armstrong*  | 
     
       1899-  | 
     
       Native plant grower  | 
     
       
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FELL, Lesley  | 
    late 1900s  | 
    Seed collector for Kings Park Botanic Gardens, WA  | 
    
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       FELSTEAD, J.  | 
     
       fl. 1870s  | 
     
       
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FENSHAM, Roderick John  | 
    fl. 2000s  | 
    Field ecologist, eastern arid zone, grazing, fire, QLD  | 
    
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FENTON, G.C.  | 
    fl. 1860s  | 
    Painted watercolours of flowers in South Australia, SA  | 
    
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       FEREDAY, John, Rev.  | 
     
       1813-1871  | 
     
       Episcopalian minister, TAS  | 
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FEREDAY, Elizabeth Henty, Miss  | 
    fl.1865  | 
    Collected for Mueller in TAS  | 
    
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       FEREDAY, Susan  | 
     
       1810-1878  | 
     
       Tasmanian wildflower painter, TAS  | 
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       FERGUSON, William  | 
     
       fl. 1856-86  | 
     
       Forest Inspector  | 
     
       
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       FERGUSON, William Hamilton  | 
     
       1861-1957  | 
     
       Geologist  | 
     
       
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FERNIE, Elizabeth (Eliza)  | 
    1832-1906  | 
    Collected for Mueller in VIC  | 
    
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       FIDDIAN, Judge  | 
     
       
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       FIELD, Barron  | 
     
       1786-1846  | 
     
       Judge, botanist, poet, NSW  | 
     
       
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FIELD, Hannah (née ARMITAGE)  | 
    1863-1945  | 
    Collected for Mueller in QLD  | 
    
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       FIELD, W.G.  | 
     
       
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       FILATOFF, John, Dr  | 
     
       fl. 1960-85  | 
     
       Palynologist  | 
     
       
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       FILSON, Rex Bertram*  | 
     
       1930-  | 
     
       Botanist, lichenologist, illustrator, Antarctica, VIC  | 
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       FINDLAY, James  | 
     
       1821-1905  | 
     
       Pioneer pastoralist, horse breeder, VIC  | 
     
       
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FINNERTY, Henrietta Francess ('Etta')  | 
    1863-1926  | 
    Artist, occasionally wildflowers in oil, WA  | 
    
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       FINSELBACH, W., Dr  | 
     
       fl. 1890s  | 
     
       Pharmaceutical chemist  | 
     
       
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       FIRTH, Miles John  | 
     
       1907-1967  | 
     
       Agricultural officer, orchidologist  | 
     
       
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FISCH, Paul & Marielies  | 
    1908-1996  | 
    Field Naturalists, orchid artists, VIC  | 
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       FISHER, Eileen, Dr  | 
     
       fl. 1950s  | 
     
       Plant pathologist  | 
     
       
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       FISHER, H.C., Rev.  | 
     
       fl. 1889-90  | 
     
       
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       FISHER, J.  | 
     
       
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       FISHER, R.E., Mrs  | 
     
       fl. 1889-90  | 
     
       Collected MEL specimens at Pleasant Hills, NSW  | 
     
       
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FISHER, Robert Hilson  | 
    1923-2007  | 
    Entomologist in SA, collected butterfly food plants, SA  | 
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       FITCH, John Nugent  | 
     
       1840-1927  | 
     
       Botanical illustrator, lithographer  | 
     
       
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       FITCH, Walter Hood  | 
     
       1817-1892  | 
     
       Botanical illustrator, lithographer, Britain (not Aust.)  | 
     
       
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       FITZALAN, Eugene Fitzherbert Albini  | 
     
       1830-1911  | 
     
       Nurseryman, seedsman, QLD  | 
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       FITZGERALD, Robert David  | 
     
       1830-1892  | 
     
       Deputy Surveyor-General, botanical artist, orchidologist, NSW  | 
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       FITZGERALD, William Vincent  | 
     
       1867-1929  | 
     
       Forest botanist, explorer, TAS, PNG, WA  | 
     
       
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       FIVEASH, Rosa  | 
     
       1854-1938  | 
     
       Flower painter in SA  | 
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       FLECKER, Hugo, Dr  | 
     
       1884-1957  | 
     
       Medical practitioner, radiologist, VIC, QLD  | 
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       FLEMIN, C.J.  | 
     
       fl. 1840-1853  | 
     
       Botanical woodcut engraver, UK, (did not visit Aust.)  | 
     
       
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       FLEMING, James  | 
     
       fl. 1802  | 
     
       Gardener, botanist, VIC, TAS  | 
     
       
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       FLENTJE, Noel Thomas  | 
     
       1921-1974  | 
     
       Plant Pathologist, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, SA  | 
     
       
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       FLETCHER, H.O.  | 
     
       
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       Palaeobotanist  | 
     
       
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       FLETCHER, Joseph James  | 
     
       1850-1926  | 
     
       Teacher, biologist, librarian NSW  | 
     
       
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       FLETCHER, Norman Vyner  | 
     
       1867-1889  | 
     
       Solicitor's clerk  | 
     
       
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       FLETCHER, William  | 
     
       1925-1983  | 
     
       Botanical artist, NSW  | 
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       FLIERL, J., Rev.  | 
     
       fl. 1880s  | 
     
       Inland missionary  | 
     
       
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       FLINDERS, Matthew, Capt.  | 
     
       1774-1814  | 
     
       Navy captain, discoverer, hydrographer  | 
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       FLINT, Ernest  | 
     
       fl. 1880S  | 
     
       
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       FLOCKTON, Margaret Lilian  | 
     
       1861-1953  | 
     
       Botanical artist and, illustrator, NSW  | 
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       FLOOD, J.A.  | 
     
       fl. 1850s  | 
     
       Expedition collector  | 
     
       
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       FLOYD, Alexander Geoffrey  | 
     
       1926-2022  | 
     
       Forester, botanist, ecologist, NSW  | 
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       FLORIN, Rudolf, Dr  | 
     
       1894-1965  | 
     
       Botanist, palaeobotanist  | 
     
       
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       FLYN, R.J.  | 
     
       fl. 1940s-60s  | 
     
       
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       FOELSCHE, Paul Heinrich Matthias  | 
     
       1831-1914  | 
     
       Police inspector, magistrate, photographer, NT  | 
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       FOGG, Sarah Ann Miss  | 
     
       1829-1922  | 
     
       Watercolourist, exhibited Tas wildflower paintings in Paris  | 
     
       
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       FOLSCHE, P.  | 
     
       
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       FONSECA, Jose de  | 
     
       fl. 1790s  | 
     
       Spanish botanical engraver (did not visit Aust.)  | 
     
       
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       FONTLEROY, C.A.  | 
     
       
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       FOOT, Ada, Mrs (née PORTUS)  | 
     
       1861-1901  | 
     
       Collected plants for Mueller in QLD  | 
     
       
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       FOOTE, Edmund  | 
     
       fl. 1890s  | 
     
       
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       FORBES, Henry Ogg  | 
     
       1851-1932  | 
     
       Scientist, explorer, Cocos Island, Indonesia  | 
     
       
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       FORBES, Stephen Julian*  | 
     
       1953-  | 
     
       Herbarium botanist, ecologist, VIC  | 
     
       
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FORD, Gertrude E.  | 
    c.1873-1909  | 
    Painter of oils on silk, occasionally wildflowers, WA  | 
    
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       FORD, Nerida Clifton  | 
     
       1926-2006  | 
     
       Botanist, NSW Herbarium, NSW  | 
     
       
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       FORDE, Helena, Mrs, (née SCOTT)  | 
     
       1832-1910  | 
     
       Botanical illustrator, entomologist, NSW  | 
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FORDE, Miss  | 
    fl. ?  | 
    Collected MEL specimens for Mueller at Cape Otway  | 
    
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       FORDE, Neville  | 
     
       1933-2018  | 
     
       Forester, teacher, botanist, ornithologist, VIC, NT, SA.  | 
     
       
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FORDHAM, Fred  | 
    1890-1978  | 
    Amateur orchidologist, associate of Rupp  | 
    
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       FOREMAN, Donald Bruce*  | 
     
       1945-2004  | 
     
       Herbarium botanist, NSW, PNG, WA, QLD, VIC  | 
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FOREMAN, Paul W.  | 
    fl.1990s-2020s  | 
    Botanist, ecologist, grassland, Aboriginal burning, VIC  | 
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       FORMAN, Francis Gloster  | 
     
       1904-  | 
     
       Geologist, WA  | 
     
       
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       FORREST, Alexander  | 
     
       1849-1901  | 
     
       Explorer. WA  | 
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       FORREST, John, Sir First Baron Forrest of Bunbury OE  | 
     
       1847-1918  | 
     
       Explorer, statesman, Surveyor-General. WA  | 
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       FORREST, Margaret Elvire, Lady (née HAMERSLEY)  | 
     
       1845-1929  | 
     
       Artist, explorer, wife of John Forrest, WA  | 
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       FORSTER, Adam (von Wiarda)  | 
     
       1850-1928  | 
     
       Botanical illustrator, NSW  | 
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       FORSTER, Johann George Adam  | 
     
       1754-1794  | 
     
       Naturalist, librarian, illustrator, voyager  | 
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FORSTER, Johann Reinhold  | 
    1729-1798  | 
    Naturalist, author, Cook's 2nd voyage, TAS  | 
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       FORSTER, Paul Irwin* , Dr  | 
     
       1961-  | 
     
       Herbarium botanist, NZ, QLD  | 
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       FORSYTH, Steven  | 
     
       fl. 1980  | 
     
       Palynologist  | 
     
       
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       FORSYTH, William  | 
     
       1864-1910  | 
     
       Park overseer, horticulturist  | 
     
       
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FOSBERG, Francis Raymond  | 
    1908-1993  | 
    US botanist, geologist, Pacific island ecology, USA  | 
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       FOSSIER, L.  | 
     
       fl. 1755-1817  | 
     
       Botanical illustrator, France (never came to Aust.)  | 
     
       
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       FOSTER, Michael, Sir  | 
     
       1836-1907  | 
     
       
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FOSTER, Everett  | 
    1919-2010  | 
    Orchid collector, based in VIC  | 
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       FOX, Alan  | 
     
       fl. 1980-90s  | 
     
       Conservationist, writer, ACT  | 
     
       
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       FOX, John Edward David, Dr  | 
     
       1938-  | 
     
       Senior Lecturer, ecologist  | 
     
       
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FOX, Marilyn Dale*, (née Jackson)  | 
    1946-2002  | 
    Botanist, ecologist, veg mapper, teacher, NSW  | 
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       FOYSTER, W.A.  | 
     
       fl. 1884  | 
     
       
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       FRAME, D.  | 
     
       
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       FRANCIS, George William  | 
     
       1800-1865  | 
     
       Gardens Director, author, botanist  | 
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       FRANCIS, William Douglas  | 
     
       1889-1959  | 
     
       Government Botanist, author, NSW, QLD  | 
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       FRANKENBERG, Judy, Mrs  | 
     
       1942-  | 
     
       Botanist, conservationist  | 
     
       
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       FRANKLIN, Jane, Lady  | 
     
       1792-1875  | 
     
       
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       FRANKLIN, John, Sir  | 
     
       1786-1847  | 
     
       Governor, Naval Officer, explorer, TAS  | 
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       FRANKLYN, Louisa Bessy, later Mrs CLARKE  | 
     
       fl. 1884-89  | 
     
       Collected for Mueller in WA  | 
     
       
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       FRASER, Charles [sometimes spelt FRAZER]  | 
     
       c.1788-1831  | 
     
       Colonial Botanist, botanic gardens superintendent, NSW  | 
     
       
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       FRASER, Charles Fitzgerald  | 
     
       1883-1951  | 
     
       Farmer, Roads Board Secretary  | 
     
       
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FRASER, Ian  | 
    fl. 1990s  | 
    Naturalist and conservationist, ACT  | 
    
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       FRASER, Lilian Ross, Dr  | 
     
       ?1913-1987  | 
     
       Ecologist, mycologist pathologist NSW Dept Ag.  | 
     
       
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       FRASER, Malcolm  | 
     
       1834-1900  | 
     
       Public servant, Agent General  | 
     
       
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FRAUENFELD, Georg Ritter von  | 
    1807-1873  | 
    Austrian scientist, visited NZ and Aust. on the 'Novara' expedition 1858, NSW  | 
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FRAZER, Charles [usually spelt FRASER]  | 
    ?1788-1831  | 
    Colonial Botanist, botanic gardens superintendent, NSW  | 
    
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       FRECKELTON, Douglas  | 
     
       f. 1960s  | 
     
       School teacher, collector, physiologist, librarian, SA, PNG, QLD  | 
     
       
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FREMLIN, Bryony Lynne  | 
    1951-  | 
    Author, wildlife photographer, botanical illustrator  | 
    
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       FRENCH, Charles Askew, (Snr)  | 
     
       1840-1933  | 
     
       Nurseryman, Government Entomologist, naturalist, orchidologist, VIC  | 
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       FRENCH, Charles Hamilton, (Jnr)  | 
     
       1868-1950  | 
     
       Herbarium assistant, orchidologist, entomologist, VIC  | 
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FRENCH, Christopher J.  | 
    fl. 1990s-2020s  | 
    Chemical Engineer, plant collector, photographer, orchids, WA  | 
    
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       FRENCH, George, Jnr  | 
     
       fl. 1949  | 
     
       Florist  | 
     
       
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FRIEBE, Marliene  | 
    fl.1986-2011  | 
    Naturalist, author, Simpson & Great Victoria Deserts, SA  | 
    
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FRIEDERICH, A. Mrs ('Madam Friederich')  | 
    fl. 1887  | 
    Collected for Mueller on Lachlan/Murrumbidgee Rivers, NSW  | 
    
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       FRODIN, David  | 
     
       
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       Botanist  | 
     
       
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       FROGGATT, Walter Wilson  | 
     
       1858-1937  | 
     
       Entomologist, naturalist  | 
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       FROST, Charles  | 
     
       
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       Botanist  | 
     
       
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       FUHRER, Bruce Alexander*  | 
     
       1930-2023  | 
     
       Electrician, photographer, author, mycologist, collector, VIC  | 
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       FULLAGAR, James P.  | 
     
       fl. 1860s-70s  | 
     
       Collected Victorian and Lord Howe Island plants for Mueller, VIC, NSW  | 
     
       
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FULLER, Amy Vardy  | 
    1869-1944  | 
    Singer, floral artist, craft-person, VIC  | 
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       FULLER, W.J.  | 
     
       
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       FUNKE, E.A.  | 
     
       fl. 1915  | 
     
       Botanical lithographer  | 
     
       
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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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