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 Newcastle Terry authored Acacias of South-east Australia in 1992. Terry also contributed to the Acacia volumes of the Flora of Australia project and in the compilation of their interactive Lucid ‘Wattle’ Key.

As a volunteer at the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens, Raymond Terrace (N of Newcastle, N.S.W.) Terry established their herbarium. In his role as curator of the botanical collections the usefulness of an interactive key to rainforest plants became evident. Terry’s initial concept was to include only those rainforest plants in the Hunter Region, however, it quickly became evident that a wider scope was desirable. After discussions with Gwen in 2000 it was decided that it should cover the area included in the Red Book and Green Book that were being updated (Rainforest Trees and Shrubs 2006 and Rainforest Climbing Plants 2007). 

Terry imported the information from the expanded descriptions in these books and did much of the original setting out and scoring for the species and sections included on the USB Rainforest Plants of Australia – Rockhampton to Victoria 2014 and the mobile app Rainforest Plants of Australia – Rockhampton to Victoria 2016. Terry also prepared the diagrams and maps for the different rainforest types.

Unfortunately, Terry had to discontinue his involvement in this project in September 2012.