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Harriet and Helena Scott
Maiden, Joseph
Field Botanists' Society of New South Wales
Clarke Medal
Margaret Flockton Award
National Herbarium of New South Wales
Atkinson, Louisa
Baker, Richard
Banks, Joseph
Brown, Robert
Cunningham, Allan
Cunningham, Richard
Daintrey, Edwin
Deane, Henry
FitzGerald, Robert D 1830-1892
Flockton, Margaret
Forde, Helena
Frazer, Charles
Hill, Edward Smith
Maiden, Joseph
Moore, Charles 1820-1905
Scott, Harriet 1830-1907
Sieber, Franz Wilhelm
Solander, Daniel
Sporing, Herman
Von Hugel, Charles
Woolls, William
Auburn Botanic Gardens
ACACIA PENDULA. A.Cunningham 1877
Alexander Walker Scott, August 1882
Allan Cunningham c1835
Allan Cunningham, Colonial Botanist
Apium prostratum c1804
Germination in the Botanic Gardens laboratory c1915
Harriet Scott, Ash Island 1856
Helena Forde, nee Scott c1866
Henry Deane, Nepean River, 29 September 1888
JH Maiden in Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens c1895
Joseph Banks c1773
Joseph Maiden c1885
Joseph Maiden, Director of the Botanic Gardens, delivering address as part of Garden's centenary celebrations 13 June 1916
Joseph Maiden, Nepean River, 29 September 1888
Margaret Flockton c1910
Portrait of Henry Deane c1895
Sir Joseph Banks c1771-1773
Sir Joseph Banks c1808-9
Telopea speciosissima (Sm.) R. Br. waratah
The Botanic Macaroni, caricature of Joseph Banks, 1772
Waratah (Telopea speciosissima, R Br) 1912

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Botany

Harriet and Helena Scott

Harriet and Helena Scott were the foremost natural science painters in New South Wales in the second half of the nineteenth century. Their illustrations of native butterflies, moths, plants, reptiles, mammals, shells and flowers, many of which are held by the Australian Museum and Mitchell Library, were scientific and artistic masterpieces that illuminated important scientific publications, and earned them professional recognition in a field of study that was traditionally considered a gentleman's pursuit.

Maiden, Joseph

Botanist, curator, writer and teacher, Joseph Maiden brought knowledge about Australia's plants into the public realm through his influence on the collections and programs of the Technological Museum and the Botanic Gardens and his emphasis on the creation of useful and practical science.

Field Botanists' Society of New South Wales

Association formed in 1899 for amateur botanists to provide members with opportunities for extending their botanical knowledge by means of lectures, excursions and exhibitions.

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Clarke Medal

Award presented since 1878 for distinguished work in the geology, botany and zoology. It was named for William Branwhite Clarke.

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Margaret Flockton Award

Prize for excellence in scientific botanical illustration sponsored by the Foundation & Friends of the Botanic Gardens.

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National Herbarium of New South Wales

The state reference library of 1.2 million preserved plants in the Royal Botanic Gardens. Established by Charles Moore, Director of the Gardens, in the 1850s and officially opened in 1901.

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Atkinson, Louisa

Botanist, artist and first Australian-born woman novelist.

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Baker, Richard

Botanist, curator and academic whose studies of Australian plants, particularly eucalypts, were often controversial.

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Banks, Joseph

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Botanist on the Endeavour who recommended Botany Bay for penal settlement.

Brown, Robert

Botanist who accompanied Flinders on the Investigator and collected and described many Australian plants.

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Cunningham, Allan

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Botanist and explorer who collected plant samples of northern and western Australia on four voyages with Phillip Parker King, and was responsible for extensive botanical exploration around Bathurst and the Liverpool Plains. He was briefly Colonial Botanist under Governor Gipps.

Cunningham, Richard

Botanist who came to Sydney as Colonial Botanist in 1833.

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Daintrey, Edwin

Solicitor and amateur botanist who helped found the Linnaean Society of New South Wales.

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Deane, Henry

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Engineer-in-chief for railway construction from 1891 and an accomplished botanist.

FitzGerald, Robert D 1830-1892

Botanist and artist who published extensively on Australian orchids.

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Flockton, Margaret

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Botanical illustrator and artist who was considered a gifted artist and lithographer.

Forde, Helena

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Botanical illustrator who with her sister, was an acclaimed recorder of the insect life and botany of the colony.

Frazer, Charles

First superintendent of the Botanical Gardens, he also accompanied several exploratory journeys into the interior to collect seeds and specimens for scientific research.

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Hill, Edward Smith

Wine and spirit merchant who was also a naturalist and a Trustee at the Australian Museum. He was a supporter of Aboriginal people, learning the Sydney language and gave lectures on culture. Aboriginal vistors to Sydney would camp at his house in Woollahra.

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Maiden, Joseph

Botanist who during his tenures at the Technological Museum and Royal Botanic Gardens, brought knowledge about plants, their uses and conservation, into the public realm.

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Moore, Charles 1820-1905

Botanist who restored and improved the Royal Botanic Gardens and introduced scientific labelling which is still followed.

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Scott, Harriet 1830-1907

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Botanical illustrator who with her sister, made a huge contribution to colonial natural science by collecting specimens and recording them meticulously.

Sieber, Franz Wilhelm

Botanist who visited Australia on a long collecting expedition in the southern hemisphere in the 1820s.

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Solander, Daniel

Naturalist on the 'Endeavour' with Joseph Banks who classified many Australian plants for the first time.

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Sporing, Herman

Finnish naturalist and artist who accompanied Joseph Banks on the Endeavour in 1770.

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Von Hugel, Charles

Austrian noble, army officer, botanist, and explorer, celebrated for his botanical garden and the introduction of plants and flowers from Australia to Europe's public gardens.

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Woolls, William

Clergyman, schoolmaster and botanist who promoted Australian botany with lectures, exhibitions and assistance to other scholars.

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Auburn Botanic Gardens

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Suburban botanic gardens, opened in 1977.

ACACIA PENDULA. A.Cunningham 1877

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Contributed By
Biodiversity Heritage Library
[Iconography of Australian species of Acacia and cognate genera, by Ferdinand von Mueller, J. Ferres, Govt. Printer (Melbourne), No 6. 1877]

Alexander Walker Scott, August 1882

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a755002 / PXA 1023, 204]
(Mitchell Library)

Allan Cunningham c1835

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Contributed By
National Library of Australia
[nla.pic-an2287723]

Allan Cunningham, Colonial Botanist

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Contributed By
National Library of Australia
[nla.pic-an9353072]

Apium prostratum c1804

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By
Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardière
Contributed By
Biodiversity Heritage Library
[Novæ Hollandiæ plantarum specimen, by Jacques Julien Houton de Labillardière, Parisiis :Ex typographia Dominæ Huzard,1804-1806, Pl 103]
(From courtesy Peter H. Raven Library, Missouri Botanical Garden)

Germination in the Botanic Gardens laboratory c1915

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Contributed By
State Archives & Records New South Wales
[NRS 4481: M6531]

Harriet Scott, Ash Island 1856

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a9971002 / MLMSS 1694, 23b]
(Mitchell Library)

Helena Forde, nee Scott c1866

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Contributed By
Australian Museum
[http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/helena-forde-nee-scott]

Henry Deane, Nepean River, 29 September 1888

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By
Henry King
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[SPG/77]
(Detail from Excursion of the members of the Linnean Society of NSW on the Nepean River, 29 September 1888, Mitchell Library)

JH Maiden in Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens c1895

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By
Alexander Grant
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[ON 169, 26]
(Mitchell Library)

Joseph Banks c1773

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a128717 / DL Pf 69]
(Engraved by J.R. Smith after a painting by Benjamin West)

Joseph Maiden c1885

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[MPG/88 (detail)]
(Detail from The Geographical Society of Australasia, Sydney branch: the Council with Captain Everill, c1885)

Joseph Maiden, Director of the Botanic Gardens, delivering address as part of Garden's centenary celebrations 13 June 1916

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[d1_31696 / GPO1 31696]
(Mitchell Library)

Joseph Maiden, Nepean River, 29 September 1888

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By
Henry King
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[SPG/77]
(Detail from Excursion of the members of the Linnean Society of NSW on the Nepean River, 29 September 1888, Mitchell Library)

Margaret Flockton c1910

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Contributed By
The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust
['Margaret Flockton miscellaneous photos' ref no. 017977]

Portrait of Henry Deane c1895

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By
John Hubert Newman
Contributed By
National Library of Australia
[nla.pic-an24082144]

Sir Joseph Banks c1771-1773

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Contributed By
National Library of Australia
[nla.pic-an9283218-1]
(Engraving based on portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, published by William Dickinson 1774)

Sir Joseph Banks c1808-9

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By
Thomas Phillips
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a051001 / DG 25]
(Dixson Galleries)

Telopea speciosissima (Sm.) R. Br. waratah

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By
Margaret Flockton
Contributed By
Plantillustrations.org
[illustration: 63219]
(Maiden, J.H., Forest Flora of New South Wales, vol. 6: t. 218 (1913-1916) [M. Flockton])
CC BY 2.0

The Botanic Macaroni, caricature of Joseph Banks, 1772

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By
Matthew Darly
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a128895 / P2/477]
(Mitchell Library)

Waratah (Telopea speciosissima, R Br) 1912

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By
Margaret Flockton
Image courtesy of the
State Library of Victoria
[plate from 'Australian wild flowers : a beautiful coloured series' by Margaret Flockton, Sydney; NSW Bookstall 1912]

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