# George Althofer

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{{short description|Australian botanist and poet}}
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'''George William Francis Althofer''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (1903–1993) was an Australian botanist, nurseryman, author and poet, with a special interest in the mint-bush genus ''[Prostanthera](/source/Prostanthera)'' as well as other Australian native plants, who founded the [Burrendong Botanic Garden and Arboretum](/source/Burrendong_Botanic_Garden_and_Arboretum). {{botanist|Althofer|Althofer, Georget|inline=y}}

==Life==
Althofer was born at Dripstone in the [Wellington](/source/Wellington%2C_New_South_Wales) local government area of central west [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales). He attended school locally, in Dripstone, then Wellington and [Mumbil](/source/Mumbil%2C_New_South_Wales).

Althofer grew up working on his father's farm and orchard, becoming an orchardist himself.  In 1938 he established a native plant nursery at his property "Nindethana" at Dripstone.  Inspired by the American example of the [Arnold Arboretum](/source/Arnold_Arboretum), and assisted by his brother Peter, he lobbied for the establishment of a similar institution with a focus on Australian native plants.  As a consequence, the {{convert|167|ha|adj=on}} Burrendong Botanic Garden and Arboretum on the foreshore of [Lake Burrendong](/source/Burrendong_Dam), near Wellington, opened in 1964.

==Publications==
Books and collections of poetry by Althofer include:<ref>NLA Catalogue.</ref>
* 1936 – ''The road to Burrendong and other verses''<ref>{{Citation | author1=Althofer, George | title=The road to Burrandong and other verses | date=1936 | publisher=G. Althofer | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18708197 | access-date=30 July 2019 }}</ref>
* 1937 – ''Drifting''. (Music by Edward H. Tyrrell, words by George Althofer). The Manly Daily: Sydney<ref>{{Citation | author1=Tyrrell, Edward H | author2=Althofer, George, 1903- | title=Drifting : song | date=1937 | publisher=The Manly Daily | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18760591 | access-date=30 July 2019 }}</ref>
* 1956 – ''The story of Nindethana and new and enlarged catalogue of Australian native plants''. Nindethana Nursery: Dripstone<ref>{{Citation | author1=Nindethana Nursery | author2=Althofer, George, 1903- | title=The story of Nindethana and new and enlarged catalogue of Australian native plants | date=1956 | publisher=Nindethana Nursery | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/27256684 | access-date=30 July 2019 }}</ref>
* 1966 – ''Trees to beat the droughts: being a guide to the planting of hardy species on the western slopes and plains''. (With "Blue Gum" of "The Land"). Land Newspaper: Sydney<ref>{{Citation | author1=Althofer, George, 1903- | author2=Dark, John | title=Trees to beat droughts | date=1986 | publisher=Rural Press | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18552679 | access-date=30 July 2019 }}</ref>
* n.d. (1970s) – ''The dream of Ronal and other verses''<ref>{{Citation | author1=Althofer, George | title=The dream of Ronal and other verses | date=1970 | publisher=G. Althofer | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/23723252 | access-date=30 July 2019 }}</ref>
* 1978 – ''Cradle of incense : the story of Australian Prostanthera''. Stanley Smith Memorial Publication Fund: Australia.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Althofer, George W | title=Cradle of incense : the story of Australian Prostanthera | date=1978 | publisher=Society for Growing Australian plants | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34225338 | access-date=30 July 2019 }}</ref>
* 1980 – ''Ironbark chips of Stuart Town, Mumbil, Dripstone and the Burrendong region''. Macquarie Publications: Dubbo.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Althofer, George | title=Ironbark chips of Stuart Town, Mumbil, Dripstone and the Burrendong region | date=1980 | publisher=Macquarie Publications | isbn=978-0-9595206-6-8 }}</ref>
* 1980 – ''The flora of Mt Arthur Reserve, Wellington, N.S.W.'' (Illustrated by G.J. Harden). Trustees of Mt Arthur Reserve: Wellington, NSW. 
* 1983 – ''Laughter and tears from the golden years, or, Some more ironbark chips''. Macquarie Publications: Dubbo<ref>{{Citation | author1=Althofer, George | title=Laughter and tears from the golden years, or, Some more ironbark chips | date=1983 | publisher=Macquarie Publications | isbn=978-0-949734-06-8 }}</ref>
* 1985 – ''The Dripstone story : being a comprehensive social history of Dripstone and district, from the earliest times to the present day''. Wellington Historical Society: Wellington, NSW.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Althofer, George | author2=Wellington Historical Society | title=The Dripstone story : being a comprehensive social history of Dripstone and district, from the earliest times to the present day | date=1985 | publisher=Wellington Historical Society | isbn=978-0-9591370-1-9 }}</ref>
* 1992 – ''The collected poems of G. W. Althofer''.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Althofer, George | author2=Holmes, Netta | title=The collected poems of G. W. Althofer | date=1990 | publisher=G. Althofer? | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17226275 | access-date=30 July 2019 }}</ref>

==External links==
* [http://www.burrendongarboretum.org/Burrendong_Arboretum/Welcome.html Burrendong Arboretum]

==References==

===Notes===
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===Sources===
* {{cite book |title=Cradle of Incense |author=Althofer, George W. |year=1978 |publisher=Stanley Smith Memorial Publication Fund (Society for Growing Australian Plants) |location=Australia }}
* {{cite web |url= http://www.anbg.gov.au/bot-biog/bot-biog-A.html |title= Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators (A), 1780s-1980s |access-date=2010-11-11 |work= Western Australian Herbarium Research Notes Number 12 |first=J.H.|last=Willis |publisher= Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria |date= August 1986 |display-authors=etal}}
* {{cite web |url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home?lookfor=author:%22Althofer%2C%20George%2C%201903-%22&iknowwhatimean=1 |title=Results for author: "Althofer, George, 1903-" |access-date=2010-11-11 |work=NLA Catalogue |publisher=National Library of Australia }}

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