Frances Bodkin

Frances (Fran) Bodkin (born 1937) is an Australian botanist and Dharawal elder.[1][2] She is the author of Encyclopaedia Botanica: The Essential Reference Guide to Native and Exotic Plants in Australia (1986).[3] In the 1970s she helped establish the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan near Sydney at a former meeting site of Indigenous people.[4]

In 2017 Bodkin received a UWS Community Award[5] and in 2019 she was nominated for a Landcare Australia land management award.[6]

References
  1. "Inspiration from Dharawal educator". ANSTO. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. "My Garden Path - Fran Bodkin". Gardening Australia. Series 31. Episode 34. 6 November 2020. ABC.
  3. Hambrett, Micaela (3 August 2018). "How planting trees and grasses can help stabilise farmland in a changing climate". ABC Central West. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  4. "The secret history of the native hibiscus". Conversations. 28 January 2018. ABC.
  5. "UWS Community Award recipient: Aunty Fran Bodkin". News Center (Press release). Western Sydney University. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  6. "2019 INDIGENOUS LAND MANAGEMENT AWARD – NSW". National Landcare Conference. Landcare Australia. 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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