Kenneth Newbey

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.[1]

Publications

Publications include

  • West Australian Wildflowers for Horticulture (1968, two volumes), one of the seminal works introducing native plants into horticulture in Western Australia[2]
  • 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

  1. ↑ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23604/20071220-1612/www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/cabinet/mediast/dg96-24/fosalban.html
  2. ↑ Newbey, Kenneth Raymond; Society for Growing Australian Plants (1968), West Australian wildflowers for horticulture, Society for Growing Australian Plants, ISBN 978-0-909830-04-5
  • "Newbey, Kenneth R." Biographical notes on plant collectors and illustrators or others relevant to Australian botany. Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2007-03-22.


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