Frances Bodkin

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Frances "Fran" Bodkin (born 1937) is an Australian botanist and Dharawal elder. [1] [2] She is the author of Encyclopaedia Botanica: The Essential Reference Guide to Native and Exotic Plants in Australia (1986). [3] In the 1970s, she helped establish the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan near Sydney at a former meeting site of Indigenous people. [4]

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In 2017, Bodkin received a UWS Community Award [5] and in 2019, she was nominated for a Landcare Australia land management award. [6]

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  1. ↑ "Inspiration from Dharawal educator". ANSTO . 6 March 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "My Garden Path - Fran Bodkin". Gardening Australia . Series 31. Episode 34. 6 November 2020. ABC.
  3. ↑ Hambrett, Micaela (3 August 2018). "How planting trees and grasses can help stabilise farmland in a changing climate". ABC Central West. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "The secret history of the native hibiscus". Conversations. 28 January 2018. ABC.
  5. ↑ "UWS Community Award recipient: Aunty Fran Bodkin". News Center (Press release). Western Sydney University. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "2019 INDIGENOUS LAND MANAGEMENT AWARD – NSW". National Landcare Conference. Landcare Australia. 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  7. ↑ Parramatta River Class Ferry starts sea-trials on the Derwent Transport for NSW 5 March 2024



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