Australian Botanical Liaison Officer
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Australian Botanical Liaison Officer is a secondment position, held for up to twelve months by an Australia
n botanist (or expert in Australian botany) at the Royal Botanic Gardens
in Kew
, London
, England
in the United Kingdom
. The position was created in 1937, and the first ABLO was Charles Gardner
. Travel and living costs for the position are currently funded by the Australian government
, with the appointee's salary continuing to be paid by their current employing institution.
The position is advertised by the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS), part of the Australian government's Department of the Environment and Heritage
. Assessment and selection of candidates is undertaken by the Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH), who advise the Australian Biological Resources Study Advisory Committee (ABRSAC) to recommend the Minister approve the appointment.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n botanist (or expert in Australian botany) at the Royal Botanic Gardens
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to as Kew Gardens, is 121 hectares of gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London, England. "The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew" and the brand name "Kew" are also used as umbrella terms for the institution that runs...
in Kew
Kew
Kew is a place in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in South West London. Kew is best known for being the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens, now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace...
, London
London
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, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. The position was created in 1937, and the first ABLO was Charles Gardner
Charles Gardner
Charles Austin Gardner was a Western Australian botanist.Born in Lancaster, England on 6 January 1896, he emigrated to Western Australia with his family in 1909....
. Travel and living costs for the position are currently funded by the Australian government
Government of Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia is a federal constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary democracy. The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 as a result of an agreement among six self-governing British colonies, which became the six states...
, with the appointee's salary continuing to be paid by their current employing institution.
The position is advertised by the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS), part of the Australian government's Department of the Environment and Heritage
Department of the Environment and Heritage (Australia)
The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities , formerly the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts , is a department of the Australian federal government and was established on 14 September 2010.The stated aims of the department is to achieve...
. Assessment and selection of candidates is undertaken by the Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH), who advise the Australian Biological Resources Study Advisory Committee (ABRSAC) to recommend the Minister approve the appointment.
List of Australian Botanical Liaison Officers
- Charles GardnerCharles GardnerCharles Austin Gardner was a Western Australian botanist.Born in Lancaster, England on 6 January 1896, he emigrated to Western Australia with his family in 1909....
(1937–1939) - Cyril White (1939)
- Mary TindaleMary TindaleMary Douglas Tindale was an Australian botanist specialising in pteridology and the genera Acacia and Glycine. Tindale died in 2011.-References:...
(1949–1951) - Nancy Burbidge (1952–1954)
- Patrick MorrisPatrick MorrisPatrick John Morris, was a British composer, musician, and songwriter.He was educated at Highgate School, Guildhall School of Music, the Royal Academy of Music, and University College London, where he obtained a degree in philosophy.Disillusioned with contemporary classical music in the style of...
(1956–1957) - James Willis (1958–1959)
- Hansjörg Eichler (1961–1962)
- Lawrence Alexander Sidney JohnsonLawrence Alexander Sidney JohnsonLawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson, known as Lawrie Johnson, was an Australian taxonomic botanist. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, for the whole of his professional career, as a botanist , Director and Honorary Research Associate .Alone or in collaboration with colleagues, he...
(1962–1963) - Stanley Blake (1964–1965)
- Michael Lazarides (1965–1966)
- Arthur Court (1966–1967)
- Alex GeorgeAlex GeorgeAlexander Segger George is a Western Australian botanist. He is the authority on the plant genera Banksia and Dryandra...
(1967–1968) - Donald McGillivrayDonald McGillivrayDonald John McGillivray in New South Wales, Australia, and is usually known as D.J. McGillivray. He is an Australian botanical taxonomist...
(1969–1970) - John Carrick (1970–1971)
- Leslie PedleyLeslie PedleyLeslie Pedley is an Australian botanist who specialised in the genus Acacia. He is notable for bringing into use the generic name Racosperma, foreshadowing a split in the genus with the Australian species requiring to be renamed....
(1971–1972) - George ChippendaleGeorge ChippendaleGeorge Chippendale , was an Australian botanist and a strong proponent of growing Australian Native plants. As well as a career in botany, he also taught his love of botany to all who would listen through talks to children, special interest groups, walks on Canberra'a Black Mountain and more...
(1972–1973) - Helen Aston (1973–1974)
- Donald Blaxell (1974–1975)
- Andrias Kanis (1975–1976)
- John Maconochie (1976–1977)
- Bruce MaslinBruce MaslinBruce Roger Maslin is an Australian botanist.Born in Bridgetown, Western Australia, he obtained an honours degree in botany from the University of Western Australia in 1967, then took up an appointment as a botanist with the Western Australian Herbarium...
(1977–1978) - Rodney Henderson (1978–1979)
- Ahmad Munir (1979–1980)
- Ian BrookerIan BrookerMurray Ian Hill Brooker AM , better known as Ian Brooker, is an Australian botanist. He is widely recognised as the leading authority on the genus Eucalyptus....
(1980–1981) - Michael Crisp (1981–1982)
- Rex Filson (1982–1983)
- Surrey Jacobs (1983–1984)
- Nicholas Lander (1984–1985)
- Clyde Dunlop (1985–1986)
- Gordon Guymer (1986–1987)
- Judith WestJudith WestJudith West is an entrepreneur business woman, political activist, radio personality and hosts her own cable network TV Show, Getting Your Money’s Worth....
(1987–1988) - Karen Wilson (1988–1989)
- Terry Macfarlane (1989–1990)
- Gregory Leach (1990–1991)
- Philip Short (1991–1992)
- Peter Weston (1992–1993)
- L.W. Jessup (1993–1994)
- Barry Conn (1994–1995)
- Robert Makinson (1995–1996)
- Donald Foreman (1996–1997)
- Kenneth Hill (1997–1998)
- Alex Chapman (1998–1999)
- Robert Chinnock (1999–2000)
- Rodney Seppelt (2000–2001)
- Neville Marchant (2001–2002)
- P.D. Bostock (2001–2002)
- R. Cowan (2002–2003)
- A. Wilson (2003–2004)
- Alex GeorgeAlex GeorgeAlexander Segger George is a Western Australian botanist. He is the authority on the plant genera Banksia and Dryandra...
(2004–2005) - Juliet WegeJuliet WegeJuliet Ann Wege is an Australian botanist. She graduated in 1992 and gained a PhD at the University of Western Australia in 1999. She currently works as a researcher at the Western Australian Herbarium run by Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation...
(2005–2006) - Jenny Tonkin (2006–2007)
- Jeremy Bruhl (2007–2008)
- Tony Orchard (2008–2009)