Our common interest is rainforests and the desire to know more about them and the amazing plants that make up these complex communities. We share the desire to continue the vision of John Williams to share that knowledge with interested people in user-friendly formats. It commenced with the earlier rainforest booklets in the 1970s and followed by later editions, which in turn using the latest technology were expanded and now distributed as interactive keys in digital formats for computers and mobile devices.
Gwen Harden
Gwen (Gwenneth J.) Harden was a botanist at the University of New England, James Cook University and at the National Herbarium of New South Wales (at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney). She graduated...
Bill McDonald
Dr W. (Bill) J.F. McDonald joined National Parks Branch, Qld Department of Forestry in 1974 and transferred to Botany Branch, Qld Department of Primary Industries (incorporating the Queensland...
John Williams (1932-2005)
John Beaumont Williams, affectionately known to many as JBW, lectured at the University of New England (Armidale) in Taxonomy, Anatomy and Ecology from 1957 until his retirement in 1992. In his...
Terry Tame (1934 – 2016)
Terry (Terrence Michael) Tame was a high school manual arts teacher with a life-long interest in the Australian flora having been nurtured by the naturalist Dr Edward Chisholm. After retiring to...
Hugh Nicholson
Hugh started specializing in photographing plants when Nan and he established Terania Rainforest Nursery in the 1970s. A large part of Hugh’s input to the nursery was collection of seed. He always...
Nan Nicholson
Together with Hugh, Nan developed and managed Terania Rainforest Nursery for 20 years in the Northern Rivers area of N.S.W., producing rainforest plants for horticulture and for reforestation. She...