Duncan, Betty Dallas (née Macdonald)   (1922 - 2008)

Born 1922 in New Zealand; died on 31 January, 2008, at Waverley Valley Aged Care facility, Victoria, Aust.
Cremation held at on 6 February, 2008.

She was married to Dr. J. Stuart Duncan (21/6/1922-24/4/2003).
and scant information about Betty can be found in his obituary:

"Between 1951 and 1962 Stuart taught as an Assistant Lecturer and then Lecturer at the Department of Geography at Manchester University where he had moved from Canterbury [NZ] with his young botanist wife Betty...
"His meticulous editorship of the Atlas of Victoria, a project suggested by him to the Victorian Government in 1977 and published in 1982, is widely regarded as his finest academic achievement, but that would have to vie with the love of geography he engendered in generations of students...
"Not surprisingly, for their long-service-leave trip of a lifetime, the Duncans trekked through the spectacular foothills of the Himalaya...
"In his extremely busy 'retirement', Stuart took up a position teaching Geography at the newly formed Bond University in Queensland, and assisted Betty and Golda Isaac in the preparation of their book:

'Ferns and allied plants of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia : with distribution maps for the Victorian species' by Betty D. Duncan and Golda Isaac ; photographs by Bruce Fuhrer'. MUP (1986)

Stuart assisting with the mapping and helping to coordinate the publication process."

Betty Duncan and Golda Isaac are Associates of the Department of Botany at Monash University. They share a long-standing interest in ferns and have together made many field trips in search of them.

Source: Extracted from:
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Dr.+J.+Stuart+Duncan%3a+21-6-1922--24-4-2003.-a0130714213
https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1619416
The Ryerson Index funeral director website - DUNCAN Betty Dallas
Portrait Photo: none found.

Collecting localities for 'Duncan, B.D.' from AVH (2026)

Data from 1,210 specimens