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Sources

This work has benefited greatly from the generous contribution of expertise, information and decades of experience of botanists, ecologists and naturalists in our area.

Malcolm French

Eucalypts of Western Australia’s Wheatbelt (2013).

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Invaluable guide to

  • 159 species described in detail (all eucalypts occuring naturally in the wheatbelt of Western Australia).

  • 360 descriptive pages.

  • 1300 images complimenting each species.

  • The science of identifying all species explained. Botanical names explained.

  • All species fully described, many for the first time. 

  • Distribution maps meticulously compiled, uses, names, types, species history and comparisons all included.

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French, M. (2012) Eucalypts of Western Australia’s wheatbelt. Padbury: Malcolm French.

See more https://www.eucalyptsofwa.com.au/about 

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Peter White

Peter has many decades of experience in the field with DBCA and an encyclopaedic recall of plants he has seen, often years before. His taxonomic knowledge and patience in the face of bags of specimen material, has been of significant assistance on our journey. Our Latin vocabulary has been expanded, and we now understand the significance of the hypanthium, operculum, peduncle and pedicel in identifying eucalypts.

Doug Sawkins

Doug's intimate knowledge of local vegetation, reserves and bush areas has greatly helped us understand more about where to look and what we are seeing.

Foxes Lair

Doug's Foxy Press

Narrogin area reserves​​

Helen Coleman

Helen Coleman is a contemporary colourwoman, with an art practice devoted to process and experimentation.  In 2018 she completed a two-year residency at Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah, where she combined her background in botany and chemistry with a passion for art, to explore the eco-dye potential of Western Australia's endemic plants.  This residency culminated in her first solo exhibition, Windfall : Chemistry of the Dye Pot.

​Now based in her Dye Pot Studio, Helen continues to research the colours of the earth and plants around her. She facilitates natural pigments workshops across Australia and collaborates with artists, combining scientific and creative processes to explore new ways of working with local pigments.

 In 2022 Helen commenced PhD research at Curtin University, to take a deep dive into the chemistry and dye potential of the iconic Corymbia calophylla kino (marri gum). 

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Thirty years of lab work means Helen has nudged us gently towards quality record keeping. She has been so generous in enthusiasm and time and constructive advice. 

​https://www.helencolemanart.com.au/

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Annette Nykiel

Interdisciplinary artist/researcher Annette Nykiel’s geoscientist background informs her sustainable slow-making. A fibre/textile artist, she experiments with plant dyes and creates hand-stitched textiles and vessels from repurposed cloth, earth and windfall. She wonders about the precarity of soils and the interdependence of ecological systems including her own. 

Annette Nykiel- slow maker 

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We have worked with Annette on many field trips, learning much about the interaction of geology and vegetation. Her insistence on "ground truthing" has taught us valuable lessons, although we have trouble finding her in dense scrub. Annette's perspective coming from both a scientific and artistic background meant she has been a great mentor.

Alan Rayson

Alan has been a delightful companion on field trips, often to show us the trees he has discovered. He has an eye for a mallee, honed over years of work in WA bush environments. 

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