Liney, Jennifer Fay (Jenny)   (1931 - 2022)

Born on 6 January 1931; died on 23, June 2022, at Sunshine Bay, South Coast, NSW

For 25 years, Jenny was the Wallace Herbarium Curator at the Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden, and subsequently in 2019 took up the role of Chief Botanist at the Garden.

She shepherded the heritage-listed Wallace Herbarium from a fledgling operation to the substantive scientific collection it is today, now the envy of many regional botanic gardens.

The Herbarium collection provides a permanent record of plant biodiversity in the Eurobodalla region and has been used for botanical research, threatened species conservation, post-fire recovery studies, as well as providing support to the Botanic Garden.

Jenny's knowledge of regional plants was extraordinary, based on extensive field exploration and study of the scientific literature. She was willing to share that knowledge through newsletter articles, workshops and field excursions. Each week, she provided a plant identification service at the Botanic Garden. And she visited Landcare and other conservation groups to help them distinguish local plants and weeds.

Jenny's valuable contributions extended well beyond the walls of the herbarium with an active involvement in the botanic garden's development through fundraising, past management committee and subcommittee roles.

In 2011 Jennifer (Jenny) Liney was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for her outstanding services to conservation and the environment.

Source: Extracted from:
https://www.beagleweekly.com.au/post/vale-jennifer-liney
Portrait Photo: 2022, www.beagleweekly.com.au

Collecting localities for 'Liney, J.' from AVH (2024)

Data from 2,862 specimens