List of Australian botanical illustrators

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This is a list of botanical illustrators who were/are active or born in Australia .

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Botanical illustration involves the painting, drawing and illustration of plants and ecosystems. Often meticulously observed, the botanical art tradition combines both science and art, and botanical artists throughout the centuries have been active in collecting and cataloguing a huge variety of species.

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