Diedrich Henne (1834 – 21 January 1913) was a German-born botanist and plant collector. He emigrated to Australia and was employed as an assistant to the colonial botanist

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at the Melbourne Herbarium. Henne was one of a number of influential German-speaking residents such as Ludwig Becker, Hermann Beckler, William Blandowski,

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, Friedrich Krichauff, Johann Luehmann,

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, Carl Mücke (a.k.a. Muecke),

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, Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker (a.k.a. Ruemker), Moritz Richard Schomburgk, Richard Wolfgang Semon, Karl Theodor Staiger, George Ulrich,

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, Robert von Lendenfeld,

, Georg von Neumayer, and Carl Wilhelmi who brought their "epistemic traditions" to Australia, and not only became "deeply entangled with the Australian colonial project", but also were "intricately involved in imagining, knowing and shaping colonial Australia" (Barrett, et al., 2018, p.2). He collected six cases of plants when employed as a botanist on the Burke and Wills rescue expedition.

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lists twelve species of plants in the

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, collected by Henne. The botanist

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wrote of Henne, "He was conveyed in the Victorian warship Victoria (Captain Norman) from Melbourne to Brisbane, thence to the

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. Landsborough established his main camp or depot at Sweer's Island, went up the Albert River to the junction of Norman River, and established a depot at the hulk of the Firefly at this spot." Maiden also wrote "I have seen letters which show how highly Baron von Mueller held him in esteem for his personal qualities." Henne collected the

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of the ''Deciduous Fig'' at Booby Island, in September 1861. It was named Ficus henneana in his honour, by Friedrich Miquel. Henne's diary (in German) is housed at the

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. He died in

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aged 78.

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References

* Barrett, L., Eckstein, L., Hurley, A.W. & Schwarz A. (2018), "Remembering German-Australian Colonial Entanglement: An Introduction", ''Postcolonial Studies'', Vol.21, No.1, (January 2018), pp.1-5. {{DEFAULTSORT:Henne, Diedrich 1834 births 1913 deaths People from the Colony of Victoria German emigrants to Australia 19th-century German botanists 19th-century Australian botanists