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CHAH

Council of Heads of

Australasian Herbaria

The Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH) comprises those administratively responsible for the major Australian and New Zealand Herbaria. The aim of CHAH is to promote all matters of interest to herbaria in Australasia and to increase cooperation and understanding between herbaria. Its operations are governed by a Constitution and a Statement of Objectives.

Chair: Carlos Lehnebach
Treasurer: David Cantrill
Executive Council: Darren Crayn, John Huisman

ADDRESS
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria
C/- Australian National Herbarium
CSIRO
GPO Box 1700
Canberra ACT 2601

All members of CHAH are registered with Index Herbariorum.
New Zealand members are also part of the New Zealand National Herbarium Network.

Membership

Membership of CHAH consists of the heads of:

Australia
State Herbarium of South Australia, Adelaide (AD)
Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane (BRI)
Australian National Herbarium, Canberra (CANB)
Australian Tropical Herbarium, Cairns (CNS)
Tasmanian Herbarium, Hobart (HO)
National Herbarium of Victoria, Melbourne (MEL)
National Herbarium of New South Wales, Sydney (NSW)
Northern Territory Herbarium, Darwin (DNA) and Alice Springs (NT)
Western Australian Herbarium, Perth (PERTH)
A Council Member representing the constituent collections of the Australian Mycological Collections including:
Queensland Plant Pathology Herbarium (BRIP)
NSW Plant Pathology & Mycology Herbarium (DAR)
Victorian Plant Pathology Herbarium (VPRI)
A Council Member representing the Australian University Herbaria, including:
University of Newcastle (DMHN)
Australian Tropical Herbarium (JCT)
La Trobe University Herbarium (LTB)
University of Melbourne University (MELU)
Downing Herbarium (MQU)
NCW Beadle Herbarium (NE)
John Ray Herbarium (SYD)
John T. Waterhouse Herbarium (UNSW)
Janet Cosh Herbarium (WOLL)

New Zealand
Allan Herbarium, Christchurch (CHR)
Te Papa Herbarium, Wellington (WELT)
Auckland Museum Herbarium (AK)

Meetings
The Council meets annually, the host institution rotating among the capital cities in the following order: CANB, BRI, MEL, PERTH, AD, NSW, DNA, HO, CNS, CHR, WELT and AK.

Constitution:
CHAH Constitution 2014