Kenneth Newbey

Kenneth Raymond Newbey (11 June 1936 – 24 July 1988) was a plant ecologist, botanical collector, and horticulturist. Born in Katanning, Western Australia, he collected over 12,000 specimens from the Albany-Esperance, Wheatbelt, goldfields, and Pilbara regions of Western Australia.

He died in White Gum Valley in 1988. His collection was incorporated into the CALM office in Albany.^[1] The shrub Leucopogon newbeyi was named in his honour.^[2]

Publications

Publications include

• West Australian Wildflowers for Horticulture (1968, two volumes), one of the seminal works introducing native plants into horticulture in Western Australia^[3]
• Newbey, Kenneth Raymond; Farm Management Foundation of Australia (1982), Growing trees on Western Australian wheatbelt farms, Farm Management Foundation of Australia, ISBN 978-0-909417-11-6