Frances (Fran) Bodkin (born 1937) is an Australian botanist and Dharawal elder. She is the author of Encyclopaedia Botanica: The Essential Reference Guide to Native and Exotic Plants in Australia (1986). In the 1970s, she helped establish the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan near Sydney at a former meeting site of Indigenous people.
In 2017, Bodkin received a UWS Community Award and in 2019, she was nominated for a Landcare Australia land management award.
Honours
- On 5 March 2024, Transport for NSW named the first Parramatta-class ferry after her.
References
External links
- D'harawal dreamtime stories – Aunty Fran's stories
- Dictionary of the D'harawal Language
