Kenneth Newbey

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Name Kenneth Newbey Role Plant Biologist		Died July 24, 1988
Books West Australian Wildflowers for Horticulture: Wildflowers Principally from the Temperate Regions of Western Australia

Kenneth Raymond Newbey (11 June 1936 – 24 July 1988) was a plant ecologist, botanical collector and horticulturist. Born in Katanning, Western Australia, he collected over 12000 specimens, from the Albany-Esperance, wheatbelt, goldfields and Pilbara regions of Western Australia.

He died in White Gum Valley in 1988.

His collection was incorporated into the CALM office in Albany.

Publications

Publications include

West Australian Wildflowers for Horticulture (1968, two volumes), one of the seminal works introducing native plants into horticulture in Western Australia

Newbey, Kenneth Raymond; Farm Management Foundation of Australia (1982), Growing trees on Western Australian wheatbelt farms, Farm Management Foundation of Australia, ISBN 978-0-909417-11-6

References

Kenneth Newbey Wikipedia

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