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Australian Botanical 

Australian Botanical is a collection of Australia's botanical taxonomic literature published in state, territory and national herbarium journals, made openly accessible and searchable online on the Biodiversity Heritage Library website.

The collection currently comprises 400+ volumes across 17 journal titles, representing 62,000+ pages of Australia's botanical taxonomic literature. Click here to browse the entire collection by title.

Digitisation and access to these journals is a collaboration between the Australian herbaria and BHL Australia (hosted by Museums Victoria), with funding from the Atlas of Living Australia.

Importantly, the collection is growing to include all issues, from the first publications in the included journals to the most recent. Gathering all this content into a single searchable collection provides an unparalleled opportunity to search across Australia's botanical taxonomic literature, in one place. 

Telopea speciosissima

Telopea speciosissima (the New South Wales Waratah), from Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1808) Pl. 1128

Institutions currently contributing to the Australian Botanical Collection include:

Australian National Herbarium

Commonwealth of Australia, Australian National Botanic Gardens 

Peruse the full list of titles contributed to the BHL by the Australian National Herbarium

Queensland Herbarium

Brisbane Botanic Gardens, QLD

Peruse the full list of titles contributed to the BHL by the Queensland Herbarium

National Herbarium of New South Wales

Royal Botanic Gardens, Domain Trust, Sydney

Peruse the full list of titles contributed to the BHL by the National Herbarium of New South Wales

National Herbarium of Victoria

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

See also:

  • Botanic Gardens Melbourne (1852-1899) Collection: reports, catalogues, essays, notes and correspondence authored by the Directors of the Botanic Gardens Melbourne (now Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria) between 1852 and 1899.
  • Ferdinand von Mueller Collection: reports, essays, papers, books, catalogues and correspondence produced by Ferdinand von Mueller: Government Botanist for the Colony of Victoria from 1853; Director of the Melbourne Botanic Gardens (now Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria) from 1857 to 1873; and founder of the National Herbarium of Victoria.

Peruse the full list of titles contributed to the BHL by the National Herbarium of Victoria.

Northern Territory Herbarium

Peruse the full list of titles contributed to the BHL by the Northern Territory Herbarium.

State Herbarium of South Australia

Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium, Adelaide

Peruse the full list of titles contributed to the BHL by the State Herbarium of South Australia  

Tasmanian Herbarium (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery)

Peruse the full list of titles contributed to the BHL by the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

Western Australian Herbarium

Peruse the full list of titles contributed to the BHL by the Western Australian Herbarium.