Fred Lullfitz

Frederick Conrad James Lullfitz (22 January 1914 – 1983) was a Western Australian botanist and horticulturist.

[1] In 1967, Lullfitz was appointed as North West Tree Advisor in the town of Broome, where approximately 50,000 plants were being produced per annum at the nursery and sent all over the north-west of Australia, free of charge by MacRobertson Miller Airlines.

[2] During their time in Broome, Lullfitz and family acquired 40 acres of bushland in a land release behind the sand dunes at Cable Beach.

Lullfitz was later awarded an Imperial Service Medal for his contribution to horticulture in the north west of Western Australia.

[1] As of 2001, his nephew, George Lullfitz, owned two nurseries in the Perth suburbs of Wanneroo and Muchea.

Banksia lullfitzii , named after Lullfitz