Person

Canning, Estelle Margaret (1936 - 2021)

Born
2 December 1936
Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
Died
30 June 2021
Kunama Cottage, Dalton near Goulburn, Australia
Occupation
Botanist and Plant collector

Summary

Estelle Canning was a botanist who, after a varied career as teacher, including in Papua New Guinea, and learning singing in London, joined Canberra Botanic Garden in 1967. She was largely involved with the work of the Gardens' herbarium, particularly field collecting and identification of specimens, curation of the herbarium, and developing the Public Reference Set. The Gardens' herbarium was merged with the Australian National Herbarium in 1994 and it was from that institute that Canning retired in 1995. By then the Herbarium held over 10,500 of her specimens collected widely across Australia and in Papua New Guinea. She continued her association with the Herbarium for some years after retirement. Canning was widely respected for her experiments in using indigenous plants for dying the wool from her flock of 'coloured' sheep.

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Chronology

1967
Career event - Appointed Junior Botanist, Canberra Botanic Gardens
1968
Career event - Participated in Canberra Botanic Gardens 2-month collecting trip to Western Australia
1995
Career event - Retired

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Helen Cohn

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