Julie Taylor OAM (1955) In 2013, Julie Taylor (1955), a specialist in the preservation and curation of historically and scientifically important marine macroalgae (seaweed) was honoured with the award of the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division for ‘Service to the community as a volunteer with horticultural and service organisations.’ Julie Taylor enrolled at Â鶹ÊÓƵ School in 1950 into Year 6. During her time at School, she was on the Swimming Team, was the Captain of the B Tennis Team, a member of the Sports Committee, and in her final year, she was the Mooramoora Sports Captain. Julie has been a volunteer with the National Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens since the early 1990s, specialising in the preservation and curation of historically and scientifically important marine macroalgae (seaweed) collections including: the 2000 specimen Harvey Collection (1850–1855, on permanent loan from the Mitchell Library), the Lucas Collection (1900–) containing approximately 25,000 specimens which Julie mostly mounted herself, and the NSW Marine Plants Collection; one of the best preserved collections in the world. Julie also donated her own seaweed collection of approximately 1000 specimens that she gathered from the NSW coast, to the Herbarium. In 2002, Julie was honoured for her work when Ceramium juliae1, a newly described seaweed species, was named for her by her Herbarium supervisor Dr Alan Millar. Julie also donated a smaller preserved seaweed collection to the Narrabeen Environment Centre. In addition, she has been a weekly volunteer gardener with Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai Easy Care Gardening for over 14 years, assisting in the maintenance of gardens for the elderly. For a time she was involved in sourcing clothing for indigenous people in the Halls Creek area of WA. She has also been a photographer and Associate of the Australian Photographic Society for many years and an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society, UK. 1.