Urban, Evelyn Anne (née Fannin)   (1926 - 2012)

She is sister of Central Australian botanist Peter Fannin.

She graduated with an MBBS from Melbourne University in 1950.

Three years later she married Victor, a Czechoslavakian refugee, and the couple raised four children.

They moved the family to Alice Springs in 1966.

Anne commenced work in the field of community health, directing special attention to the problems of handicapped children.

This work won her a 'WHO' Fellowship for overseas postgraduate study, and in 1980, an OAM in recognition of her efforts on their behalf.

Living in colourful central Australia prompted Anne to take an interest in both arid area botany and bush photography.

These were combined in the book 'Wildflowers and Plants of Central Australia', published in 1990 - the result of six years of intensive fieldwork and study.

Anne died in Alice Springs in 2012, at the age of 85, surrounded by friends and family.

Source: Extracted from:
Back cover flap: Urban, Anne, 'Wildflowers and Plants of Central Australia', Southbank Editions, 2026 edition.
Portrait Photo: Back cover flap of book above.