111 the and nor ih ami western dis- 

 tricts of South Austiaha during 

 I'VO, llr published the icsnlis Oi lllS 

 surveys m I'lniii liuhii.s 0fd Kohiton 

 in thr Ami PartUm* »l South Aits- 

 irnli.1 ( L92I ) His chapter on the 



yefCit.Kiion <>i ihe QWM tllsoSel is 



our .)| rJlC rflDDB important ecological 

 papers on llie nvallee plant associa 

 lions Hv-.ti Salna m Pichi Richi Pass 

 Pmlessor Su loliu H. ( leland has 

 liavelled widclv throughout the whole 

 Of die Hinders Ranges; Ins copious 

 collections being possibly tfW most 

 icptescnlalive held ill the Stale 1 1 ■ r 

 barium, Adelaide. Il B! DJCjdate 

 surprising thai -So luhu has under- 

 taken more serious boiaincal fioilftP" 

 ting in Ihe Melrose districi than a»J 

 other single pcison sinee Raton 

 I cnlm.md von Mucllci , 



He visiied Mount Remarkable 

 in August 1921, October 1926, Aug 

 usl 1 927. October (929 MW] Deecm- 

 het lyig. Two years later in Ihe 

 M.iv iu|0 issue of Thr South Hta- 

 tralim Soiurulhi. he and lirncst 

 Is.np published a lisi enumerating 

 |.S<> native and W itiiiodiieed plants 

 for the locality .1 S. Rogers des- 

 cribed a new I cck Orehul i/'ivoo 

 phylltini viilidum) which Cleland 

 discovered at Mt, RenVitk ahlc on 

 J7 Oetohcr. PJ26. Mention should 

 also be made of his valuable Fungi 

 collections (rum Quorn. Porr Ger- 

 mem < .or^e, Ml Renin kal'te. includ- 

 ing a new species P<-n'«ph,»,i »><>"■ 

 luiuiin from Ihe lasl locality 



llaiold M. Cooper was ti regular 

 visiiiir in Mount Remarkable in 

 search of ancient aboriginal artifacts, 

 hut u is nut well known that he 

 was. an enlrnisiaslie plant collector 

 I Its. lirtt collections date back In 

 ahout I 'Ml but even in his advanced 

 years he WW still securing plants 

 there at least until 1964, This grand 

 old scientific woikcr passed jwav on 

 14 May. 1970, a*ed 84 years. 



Clifl Uoonisma's vegetation, study 

 of the Southern Flinders 

 which was published in the TrQfk A 

 S,>, S Aim., ( 1046), is llm taj 

 piece of ecological msearch carriw 

 out in the legion He continues hj 

 wtitc occasional notes on the E Wn 

 Ixpiny species kntnd there. 



Since his first trip to the Flinders 

 Ranges in Ihe e.uly lyMts. | k. 



\u, i i oiiu.ai. lite pivseni bSrecttu oi 



Ihe Adelaide Ifolunic Gardens, |ty 

 taken an acute interest in Ihe South 

 Australian eienuan llora and hj« 

 fostered ihe introduction of dry .- ( rci 

 shiub species to suburhan gaf ^tei 

 He has tnauY collections at M- 

 Keniaikahlc <t nd Alligator Gorge in 



Ihe lalL- Ralph 1 1 iggmsou nl Port 

 Augusta championed the original 

 campaign in Ihe early 1,950s foi th- 

 preservation ol Alligator Gorge fid 

 Mjnihiay Creek. He was a dili«rm 

 iolleLtoi nl plants and lists 63 species 

 m Tin Stmtli Auioaliim \nnihi\- 

 i iws;, Elicit he found at Mambrm 

 deck the tin.- native flora planta- 

 tions in Ihe main streets of Pen 

 Augusta arc a tribute to his fore 

 sight. 



Sinee I9"i8. members of the staff 

 ,,| tM Ndelaidi- Hotanic Gaiden and 

 the Stale Herh.tiuim have paid Occa- 

 sional vjsir„ t„ il H . blinders Ransie 

 Ron Hill has collections from Ml. 

 Remarkable in UHSQ and Rc\ KikV 

 made investigations in the Ijjwst 

 l-lmdeis during the early 19608 



l-.ne Jackson has botaniscd t 

 lelov. ie Gotec. Alligalor Gorge jnJ 

 Ml Htown in IVhO and 1961. Paul 

 MftOT aceompameJ Oavid WTliblc 

 on sescral evplormory trips in 195H 

 and I99B I" Ml llruwn. Allicator 

 (iowe I'on Gerrnein Gorge. Ml 

 Remarkable. Wilmington Mtd h 

 Richi Puss. Ot« 2 Oebibcr. Pi'S. Mr 

 Whibley collevled II awn w,oU> 

 vftx. hneeoUiro ;n Mt. lU.uvn, thereb' 



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