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KAIEWSKI, Sethrick Francis (Frank)  | 
    1904-1997  | 
    Fruit-grower, botanist, collector, Solomon Isles, Vanuatu, QLD  | 
    
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       KALESKI, L.J.  | 
     
       fl. 1930s  | 
     
       
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       KANIS, Andries [Andrew], Dr*  | 
     
       1934-1986  | 
     
       Herbarium botanist with CSIRO Canberra, ACT  | 
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KANTVILAS, Gintaras  | 
    1956-  | 
    Herbarium botanist, lichen specialist, TAS  | 
    
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       KARRFALT, Eric  | 
     
       fl. 1980  | 
     
       Palaeobotanist  | 
     
       
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KARTZOFF, Michael Eugene  | 
    1908-1987  | 
    Forester, seed collector, alderman, NSW  | 
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       KASPIEW, Boris Fedorovich  | 
     
       1886-1964  | 
     
       Amateur botanist, commercial collector, ACT  | 
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       KAY, Cyril B.  | 
     
       
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       Electrical engineer  | 
     
       
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       KAYSER, Friedrich  | 
     
       -1877  | 
     
       Lichenologist  | 
     
       
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       KAYSER, Heinrich Wilhem Ferdinand  | 
     
       1833-1919  | 
     
       Mining engineer, manager, VIC, TAS  | 
     
       
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       KEANE, P.J.  | 
     
       
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       Botanist, University lecturer  | 
     
       
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       KEARTLAND, George Arthur  | 
     
       1848-1926  | 
     
       Zoologist, botanist, expedition naturalist, VIC, WA  | 
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       KEBLE, Alexander Robert  | 
     
       1884-1963  | 
     
       Palaeontologist  | 
     
       
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       KEEFER, G.D.  | 
     
       
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KEIGHERY, Gregory John*  | 
  1950-  | 
  Botanist, ecologist, geneticist, collector, WA  | 
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       KEILLER, It.J.  | 
     
       
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KELLY, Mrs  | 
    fl.1892  | 
    Collected at 'Caiwarro Station', and Paroo River, QLD  | 
    
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       KELLY, R.  | 
     
       fl. 1913  | 
     
       
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       KELLY, Stanley  | 
     
       1911-2001  | 
     
       Engine driver, eucalypt illustrator, author, VIC  | 
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       KELSO, Edmund Gabriel  | 
     
       c.1864-1950  | 
     
       Forest officer  | 
     
       
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       KEMP, Elizabeth M., Dr  | 
     
       fl. 1960-85  | 
     
       Palynologist, palaeobotanist  | 
     
       
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       KEMPE, Friedrich Adolf Hermann, Rev.  | 
     
       1844-1928/9  | 
     
       Missionary, botanist, Fink River Mission, NT  | 
     
       
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       KEMSLEY, Douglas Sinclair  | 
     
       -1984  | 
     
       Teacher, metallurgist  | 
     
       
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       KENDALL, R.J.  | 
     
       fl. 1860  | 
     
       
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       KENDER, F.M.  | 
     
       fl. 1909  | 
     
       
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       KENLEY, Peter Roland  | 
     
       1927-  | 
     
       Geologist, Director of Geological Survey  | 
     
       
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KENNEALLY, Kevin Francis  | 
    1945-  | 
    Herbarium botanist, biogeographer, citizen science, WA  | 
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KENNEDY, Donald Cameron  | 
    1878-  | 
    Forrester, NSW  | 
    
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KENNEDY, Edith Mary, or Effie Isabel  | 
    1867-  | 
    Collected for Mueller in NSW  | 
    
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       KENNEDY, Edmund Besley Court  | 
     
       1818-1848  | 
     
       Surveyor, artist, explorer, eastern Aust.  | 
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       KENNEDY, Frank H.  | 
     
       
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       KENNEDY, J.H.  | 
     
       fl. 1930s-60s  | 
     
       
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       KENNEDY, Jan  | 
     
       fl. 1960s  | 
     
       Botanical illustrator, eucalypts, ACT  | 
     
       
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KENNEDY, Marie  | 
  fl.1990s  | 
  Employed as the seed collector 1990s at Mount Annan Bot Gdns, NSW  | 
  
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       KENNEDY, Mary Bozzam Mrs, (née HUME)  | 
     
       1838-1915  | 
     
       Collected for Mueller in NSW  | 
     
       
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       KENNEDY, Robert Henry (husband of Mary Bozzam above)  | 
     
       1826-1895  | 
     
       Collected for Joseph Maiden in NSW  | 
     
       
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       KENNION, Edward  | 
     
       1744-1809  | 
     
       Botanical artist, UK  | 
     
       
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       KENNY, F.A.  | 
     
       fl. 1910-22  | 
     
       
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KENNY, Frederick Hamilton  | 
    1859-1927  | 
    Medical doctor, surgeon, naturalist, QLD  | 
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       KENNY, Margaret, nee LILLYWHITE  | 
     
       1909-1976  | 
     
       Botanical Assistant, S.A. Museum, SA  | 
     
       
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KENTISH, Martha Elizabeth (Mattie), later Mrs MANN  | 
    1876-1957  | 
    Collected for Mueller in VIC  | 
    
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KERR, Lesley Ruth  | 
    1900-1927  | 
    University botanist, VIC  | 
    
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KERRIGAN, Raelee, A.  | 
fl. 2000+  | 
Herbarium botanist, Darwin, and Cairns; NT, QLD  | 
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       KERSHAW, A. Peter, Dr  | 
     
       
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       Palynologist  | 
     
       
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       KERSHAW, James Andrew  | 
     
       1866-1946  | 
     
       Museum Director, naturalist, VIC  | 
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       KESSELL, A.  | 
     
       fl. 1960s  | 
     
       
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KESSELL, Stephan  | 
    1897-1979  | 
    Conservator of Forests, WA  | 
    
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       KESTEVEN, Hereward Leighton, Dr  | 
     
       fl. 1920s-40s  | 
     
       Medical practitioner orchidologist, ornithologist  | 
     
       
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       KEYS, James  | 
     
       1841-1916  | 
     
       School teacher, plant collector, QLD  | 
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       11. 18905  | 
     
       
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       KIDD, James  | 
     
       1800-1867  | 
     
       Garden overseer, NSW  | 
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       KILBURN, William  | 
     
       1745-1818  | 
     
       Botanical artist, UK  | 
     
       
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       KILNER, Frederick  | 
     
       fl. 1869  | 
     
       Phycologist  | 
     
       
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       KING, A.  | 
     
       fl. 1887  | 
     
       
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       KING, Charles  | 
     
       1875-1955  | 
     
       Miner  | 
     
       
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       KING, Charles Denison (Deny)  | 
     
       1909-1991  | 
     
       Miner, naturalist, bushwalker, TAS  | 
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KING, Copland Rev.  | 
    1863-1918  | 
    Anglican missionary, New Guinea, NSW, PNG  | 
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KING, Ethel Anna  | 
    1879-1939  | 
    Plant and animal artist/illustrator, NSW  | 
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       KING, George, Sir  | 
     
       1840-1909  | 
     
       
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       KING, Georgina, Miss  | 
     
       1845-1932  | 
     
       Collected for Mueller in NSW  | 
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KING, John Henry  | 
    1865-1957  | 
    Sawmiller, estate agent, VIC  | 
    
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       KING, Henry  | 
     
       1827-1913  | 
     
       Nurseryman, vineyard inspector, sexton  | 
     
       
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       KING, Henry Sandford  | 
     
       1862-1930  | 
     
       Surveyor  | 
     
       
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       KING, Herbert J.  | 
     
       fl. 1960s  | 
     
       Photographer, orchidologist  | 
     
       
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       KING, J.M.  | 
     
       fl. 1960s  | 
     
       Writer, orchidologist  | 
     
       
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       KING, Phillip Gidley  | 
     
       1758-1808  | 
     
       Governor  | 
     
       
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       KING, Phillip Parker  | 
     
       1793-1856  | 
     
       Rear-Admiral, explorer, NSW  | 
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       KING, William H.  | 
     
       fl. 1960s  | 
     
       Author  | 
     
       
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       KINGINSLAND  | 
     
       
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       Orchidologist  | 
     
       
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       KINGSMILL, Walter C., Sir  | 
     
       1864-1935  | 
     
       Geologist, politician  | 
     
       
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KIRBY, Greg C.  | 
    1946-  | 
    Biologist, Flinders University, collected fungi on grasses, SA  | 
    
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       KIRBY, K.A.  | 
     
       fl. 1916,1949  | 
     
       
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       KIRBY, Stan  | 
     
       fl. 1950-60s  | 
     
       Horticulturalist Canberra Botanic Gardens, ACT  | 
     
       
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       KIRKMAN, Hugh  | 
     
       1941-  | 
     
       Botanist (marine flora)  | 
     
       
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       KIRKPATRICK, James Barrie, Dr  | 
     
       1946-  | 
     
       Botanist, ecologist, phytogeographer, writer, TAS  | 
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KIRTON, Frederick A.  | 
    c. 1862–1911  | 
    Photographer, chemist, VIC, NSW  | 
    
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       KIRTON, William  | 
     
       c. 1822–1894  | 
     
       Gardener, plant collector, NSW  | 
     
       
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       KITSON, Albert Ernest, Sir  | 
     
       1868-1937  | 
     
       Geologist, naturalist, India, Africa, VIC  | 
     
       
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KLEINIG, David  | 
    1947-  | 
    Seed collector, author, eucalypts, ACT, QLD  | 
    
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KLEINSCHMIDT, Harold Edwin*  | 
    1925-2005  | 
   Herbarium botanist, weed specialist, Brisbane, QLD  | 
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       KLEINSCHMIDT, Thomas  | 
     
       
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KLOOT, Peter Michael  | 
    c.1945-2015  | 
    Botanist, weed authority, SA  | 
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KLOSS, Cecil Boden  | 
    1877-1949  | 
    English zoologist, Raffles Museum Singapore, SE ASIA  | 
    
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       KNIGHT, Ann Augusta (Gussie) (née McKAIL)  | 
     
       1840-1904  | 
     
       Wildflower artist, collector for Mueller in WA  | 
     
       
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       KNIGHT, Charles  | 
     
       1808-1891  | 
     
       Lichenologist, cryptogams, SA, NZ  | 
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KNIGHT, Ernest William  | 
    1869-  | 
    Collected for Mueller in WA  | 
    
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KNIGHT, Karina J.  | 
    fl.1980s-2020s  | 
    Herbarium technician, collections manager, WA  | 
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       KNOTZSCH, Charles Herrmann; [or KNOETZSCH ]  | 
     
       c.1830-1913  | 
     
       Publican, gold-miner, gardener, NSW  | 
     
       
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KOCH, Beverley L.  | 
    1957-  | 
    Herbarium flora information officer, Perth ~1990, WA  | 
    
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       KOCH, M.  | 
     
       fl. 1926  | 
     
       
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       KOCH, Max  | 
     
       1854-1925  | 
     
       Farmhand, sawmill worker, seed collector, SA, WA  | 
     
       
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       KODELA, Phillip G.  | 
     
       1962-  | 
     
       Geographer, ecologist, editor, NSW, ACT  | 
     
       
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       KOK, B.  | 
     
       
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       KONINCK, L.G. Prof.  | 
     
       fl. 1870  | 
     
       Palaeontologist  | 
     
       
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       KOTSCHY, L.  | 
     
       
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       KOVATS von SZENT-LELER, Julius  | 
     
       1815-1873  | 
     
       
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       KOWELS, A.J.  | 
     
       fl. 1854-1870  | 
     
       Botanical lithographer, Holland  | 
     
       
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       KRAEHENBUEHL, Darell Nairn*  | 
     
       1934-2018  | 
     
       Botanist, author, prolific plant collector, SA  | 
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       KRAFT, Gerald Thompson, Dr  | 
     
       1939-  | 
     
       Botanist, phycologist, author  | 
     
       
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       KREFFT, Gerald  | 
     
       1830-1881  | 
     
       Natural history surveyor, Murray River  | 
     
       
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       KRICHAUFF, Friedrich Edouard Heinrich Wulf  | 
     
       1824-1904  | 
     
       Politician, agriculturalist  | 
     
       
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       KRUSE, John  | 
     
       1822-1895  | 
     
       Pharmacist, lecturer in botany  | 
     
       
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       KUCHEL, Rex Harold  | 
     
       1917-  | 
     
       Botanist  | 
     
       
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       KUCZYNSKI, S.N.  | 
     
       fl. 1866  | 
     
       
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       KUEKENTRAL, George  | 
     
       1864-1955  | 
     
       
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       KUENTZ, Louise, Miss  | 
     
       fl.1885  | 
     
       Collected for Mueller inland rivers, Manly, NSW  | 
     
       
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KUIPER, Pieter Jan Cornelis  | 
    1934-2017  | 
    Dutch horticulturist, physiologist, photographer, Aust, PNG  | 
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       KUNTZE, Carl Ernst Otto [sometimes Eduard]  | 
     
       1843-1907  | 
     
       Botanist, manufacturing chemist  | 
     
       
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       KUROKAWA, Syo, Dr  | 
     
       fl. 1960s-70s  | 
     
       Lichen collector  | 
     
       
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Surnames (Family names) starting with: 
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      D     E     F 
      G     H     I 
      J     K     L 
      M     N     O 
      P-Q     R     S 
      T     U-V     W 
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* = 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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