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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.
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