Australian Botanical Liaison Officer

Australian Botanical Liaison Officer is a secondment position, held for up to twelve months by an Australian botanist (or expert in Australian botany) at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London, England in the United Kingdom. The position was created in 1937, and the first ABLO was Charles Gardner. Travel and living costs for the position are currently funded by the Australian government, with the appointee's salary continuing to be paid by their current employing institution.

The position is advertised by the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS), part of the Australian government's Department of the Environment and Heritage. Assessment and selection of candidates is undertaken by the Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH), who advise the Australian Biological Resources Study Advisory Committee (ABRSAC) to recommend the Minister approve the appointment.

List of Australian Botanical Liaison Officers

* Charles Gardner (1937–1939)
* Cyril White (1939)
* Mary Tindale (1949–1951)
* Nancy Burbidge (1952–1954)
* Patrick Morris (1956–1957)
* James Willis (1958–1959)
* Hansjörg Eichler (1961–1962)
* Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson (1962–1963)
* Stanley Blake (1964–1965)
* Michael Lazarides (1965–1966)
* Arthur Court (1966–1967)
* Alex George (1967–1968)
* Donald McGillivray (1969–1970)
* John Carrick (1970–1971)
* Leslie Pedley (1971–1972)
* George Chippendale (1972–1973)
* Helen Aston (1973–1974)
* Donald Blaxell (1974–1975)
* Andrias Kanis (1975–1976)
* John Maconochie (1976–1977)
* Bruce Maslin (1977–1978)
* Rodney Henderson (1978–1979)
* Ahmad Munir (1979–1980)
* Ian Brooker (1980–1981)
* Michael Crisp (1981–1982)
* Rex Filson (1982–1983)
* Surrey Jacobs (1983–1984)
* Nicholas Lander (1984–1985)
* Clyde Dunlop (1985–1986)
* Gordon Guymer (1986–1987)
* Judith West (1987–1988)
* Karen Wilson (1988–1989)
* Terry Macfarlane (1989–1990)
* Gregory Leach (1990–1991)
* Philip Short (1991–1992)
* Peter Weston (1992–1993)
* L.W. Jessup (1993–1994)
* Barry Conn (1994–1995)
* Robert Makinson (1995–1996)
* Donald Foreman (1996–1997)
* Kenneth Hill (1997–1998)
* Alex Chapman (1998–1999)
* Robert Chinnock (1999–2000)
* Rodney Seppelt (2000–2001)
* Neville Marchant (2001–2002)
* P.D. Bostock (2001–2002)
* R. Cowan (2002–2003)
* A. Wilson (2003–2004)
* Alex George (2004–2005)
* Juliet Wege (2005–2006)
* Jenny Tonkin (2006–2007)
* Jeremy Bruhl (2007–2008)

External links

* [http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/admin/ablo/index.html Australian Biological Resources Study: ABLO page]
* [http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/admin/ablo/history.html A Brief History of the ABLO Position]