Feature Article
Selwyn Lawrence Everist (1913–1981)
Selwyn Lawrence Everist (1913-1981), botanist, was born on 22 April 1913 at Tewantin, Queensland, third child of William Allen Everist, a Queensland-born mechanic, and his wife Mary Emily, née Pearson, who came from Melbourne. Selwyn was educated at New Farm and Toowong state schools and at the Commercial High School, Brisbane. In January 1929 he joined the Queensland Public Service as a cadet clerk in the Department of Public Works. Fifteen months later he transferred to the botany section of the...