How a German migrant planted citizen science in Australia – and why it worked
- Written by Alan Finkel, Australia’s Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist
Mueller came to Australia in the mid 19th century - and gave women a rare opportunity to be involved in science.state_library_south_australia/flickr, CC BY-SA
In 1847, a young German named Ferdinand Mueller came to Adelaide, with a dream: to be the botanist who catalogued every plant species in Australia.
Off he went, collecting plants from...
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