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Dietrich, Koncordie Amalie (1821 - 1891)

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Botanist and Naturalist

Born: 26 May 1821 Siebenlehn, Saxony, Germany. Died: 9 March 1891 Rendsburg, Germany.

Koncordie Amalie Dietrich was a German botanist who spent ten years in Queensland (1863-1973) collecting botanical and animal specimens for the Godeffroy Museum in Hamburg. She is commemorated by several species including the wasp Nortonia amaliae and the wattle Acacia dietrichiana. Dietrich was an avid and thorough collector who found many new species, many of which are housed in the National herbarium of Victoria, the Queensland Herbarium and the Zoologisches Institute und Zoologisches Museum in Hamberg Germany.

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'Amalie Dietrich - a woman alone', a Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1996, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/dietrich/dietrich.htm. [ Details ]

Orchard, A.E., 'Dietrich, K. Amelie (1821-1891)', in Australian National Botanic Gardens - Biography, Australian National Botanic Gardens, 1999, http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/dietrich-amalie.html. [ Details ]

Sutherland, Denise, 'Amalie Dietrich: a German naturalist in Australian', WISENET Journal, vol. 42, November, 1996, http://www.wisenet-australia.org/ISSUE42/dietrich.htm. [ Details ]

Sutherland, Denise, 'Amalie Dietrich: a Woman Alone', Australasian Science, vol. Summer, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_dietrich.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 11 September 2006

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