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Everett Charles Foster OAM 21-09-1919 ~ 28-10-2010 Margaret Foster (Williams) 1/10/1922 ~ 4/08/2019 Everett was born in Geelong, the eldest of six children. He was a role model all his life, an excellent child, a sportsman, a husband, a father and quite late in his life he became a protector of his endeared native orchids […]

In memory of DAVID BERTRAND ENGLISH 1923 ~ 2002 David was born in 1923 in Nambour, the youngest son of the English family whose father was a builder. During the depression, there was little call for builders so the family moved to a farm at Brooloo in the Mary Valley where they grew pineapples and

In loving memory of EDWARD C. ‘TED’ ECKERSLEY Passed away 1977 A donation has been made to the Australian Orchid Trust Fund byMrs. Gladys Eckersley (Queensland). AOTF: 101

In memory of ALICK WILLIAM DOCKRILL 21-01-1915 ~ 15-09-2011 Alick William Dockrill passed away in Atherton Hospital on the 15th September, 2011. In some ways his passing marked the end of the era of amateur orchid botanists stretching back to such names as Robert FitzGerald, William Nicholls, Rev. H.M.R. Rupp and Trevor Hunt. Alick was

In memory of MICHAEL JOHN DERHAM 15th December, 1926 ~ 17th December, 2001 Michael was at the forefront of plastics and optical fibre development in Australia. During his career in the plastics industry, he worked for the family founded Nylex Corporation Ltd; involved in its first production of acrylic sheet that ICI sold under the

In memory of CYRIL DAVIS Passed away 1978 A donation has been made to the Australian Orchid Trust Fund bythe family of Cyril Davis of Victoria. AOTF: 143

In memory of CYRIL RALPH CRANE 1938 ~ 1999 The Australian orchid community lost a great character and important botanical collector with the passing of Ralph on 13th December 1999. Ralph was a builder, constructing many homes around the Brisbane region. Around 1975, Ralph became interested in native orchids and joined the Queensland Orchid Society,

In memory of MURRAY CORRIGAN 27-6-2931 – 29-9-2019 Murray James Gibson Corrigan was born at Hay, in regional NSW, on 27th June 1931 to a pastoral family.   He came to Sydney as a boarder at Mowbray Road Grammar School in the early 1940’s, and it was during this time his life-long interest in orchids began. Murray

In memory of BARRY COLLINS 1934 – 2020 Kevin Barry Collins had a great love of orchids which started early and took him all over the world.  Within the Eastern Suburbs Orchid Society (ESOS , he was a stalwart who kept it going in the lean years and turned this club around to an active

In loving memory of ALVA COLLINS A donation has been made to the Australian Orchid Trust Fund byBarry Collins and family. AOTF: 1551