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As a botanist, Nita is a tropical waterlily and brigalow ecosystem specialist.
Nita also held the position of President of the Botanical Artists' Society of Queensland for many years.
Nita holds a:
- Bachelor of Science: Genetics
- Bachelor of Education: Science, Art and Geography
- Bachelor of Arts: Art History
- PhD in Science (Botany) from Monash University
- PhD in Educational Leadership from Griffith University.
She is a practicing Queensland Government botanist, consulting botanist for Myall Park Botanic Garden and for a number of brigalow and western Queensland projects including Origin Energy offset programmes.
She is a Board member of a number of boards including Keep Australia Beautiful.
Selected as one of the 100 women leaders in Agribusiness [March 2014].
Author of a number of research articles plus two editions of 'Woodland to Weeds', a book used by universities, mining exploration companies and land holders, which features plant species of the southern Queensland Brigalow Region and uses her own line-drawings and photographs from a range of photographers.
Source: Extracted from:
https://nitaclarelester.com/botanist/
https://www.botanicalartsocietyaustralia.com/Nita-C-Lester
Portrait Photo: https://nitaclarelester.com
Data from 104 specimens