Mary MacLean Hindmarsh (21 July 1921 – 10 April 2000) was an Australian botanist who worked at the New South Wales University of Technology in Ultimo as a professor of biology.
[5] She was enthusiastic about botany,[5] and matriculated to the University of New England in Armidale in 1939 as part of its second intake of students,[4] opting for biology.
[7] That same year, she became one of two biology lecturers and the sole female botanist at the New South Wales University of Technology in Ultimo, where she built an herbarium collection for research and teaching and was internationally registered.
[3][4] Ken Anderson of The Daily Telegraph wrote of her legacy: "Mary Hindmarsh was a pioneering botanist and academic who contributed to the cause of women in science.
"[4] A rector at the New South Wales University of Technology described Hindmarsh as "a pioneering botanist and academic, a conscientious and caring teacher, a fair and just administrator, and someone who made a contribution to women in science, especially at UNSW.