Corporate Body

Australian National Herbarium (1984 - )

From
1984
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Functions
Collection Management and Conservation or Environment
Alternative Names
  • ANH (Acronym)
Website
http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/herbarium/index.html

Summary

The Australian National Herbarium is located on site at the National Botanic Gardens in Canberra. The Herbarium contains the largest collection of plant specimen samples in Australia. In 2014 the Australian National Herbarium joined other CSIRO natural history collections as part of the National Research Collections Australia.

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The Australian National Herbarium resulted from the amalgamation of several herbaria managed by the Australian government over the years, including CSIRO herbaria, the Forest Research Institute's Eucalypt and Atherton Rainforest Collection, and the Australian Botanic Gardens Herbarium. Previously known as 'Herbarium Australiense', the CSIRO's core collection was renamed 'Australian National Herbarium' in 1984.

Timeline

 1975 - 1984 Herbarium Australiense
       1984 - Australian National Herbarium

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Journal Articles

  • Day, M.F.C. et al., 'The Biological Collections in CSIRO: a National Heritage', Historical Records of Australian Science, 15 (1) (2004), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR04002. Details
  • Monro, Anna; and Lepschi, Brendan, 'Kirsten Cowley retires from CANB', Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter, 192 (2022), 13-4. Details

Resources

See also

  • Cowley, K. J.; West, J. G, Resources of Australian Herbaria: a Guide to Herbaria Located in Australia (Canberra: Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, 1999), [84] pp. Details
  • Cowley, K. J.; West, J. G, Resources of Australian Herbaria [online], with Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, 2002, http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/resources/intro/index.html. Details
  • Keig, Gael; Hide, Robin L.; Cuddy, Susan M.; Buettikofer, Heinz; Bellamy, Jennifer A.; Bleeker, Pieter; Freyne, David; and McAlpine, John, 'CSIRO and land research in Papua New Guinea 1950 - 2000, part 1: pre-independence', Historical Records of Australian Science, 30 (2) (2019), 83-99, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR18019. Details

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