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
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gollark: Why do you want to be owner if someone becomes owner?
gollark: What if you transfer to umnikos?
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References
  1. "View archived webpage". Archived from the original on 20 December 2007.
  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


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