270px, Dean Nicolle and '' Eucalyptus deanei'' Dean Nicolle (born 1974), is an Australian

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, arborist and ecologist. He is widely recognised as the leading authority on the genus '' Eucalyptus''. Nicolle was born in

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in 1974 and developed an interest in ''Eucalyptus'' trees as a young man. After completing a Bachelor of Science at Adelaide University he went on to complete his

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in 2008 on mallee trees at

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. Shortly afterwards Nicolle created the Currency Creek Arboretum, on a site in the Fleurieu region in South Australia. He is currently the director and head of research at the arboretum and has cultivated over 900 species and subspecies of ''Eucalyptus''.

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