For other uses of the name David Noble, please see David Noble (disambiguation)

David Noble (disambiguation)

David Noble may refer to:*David A. Noble, U.S. Representative from Michigan*David F. Noble, historian of technology*David L. Noble, engineer at IBM who invented the floppy disk*David W...

David 'Dave' Noble (born 1965) discovered the Wollemi Pine

Wollemi Pine

Wollemia is a genus of coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae. Wollemia was only known through fossil records until the Australian species Wollemia nobilis was discovered in 1994 in a temperate rainforest wilderness area of the Wollemi National Park in New South Wales, in a remote series of...

 on 10 September 1994.

John and Olive Noble, David's parents, emigrated from England to Australia when he was two years old.

A modern day explorer, Noble has visited sites in the Wollemi National Park

Wollemi National Park

Wollemi National Park is the second largest national park in New South Wales, and contains most of the largest wilderness area, the Wollemi Wilderness...

that few if any other people have seen and is known for exploring the canyons of the Wollemi Wilderness. He has named over two hundred remote features, including the canyons: Twister, Hole in the Floor, Initiator and Peg Leg.

At the time of discovering the Wollemi Pine, Noble was a field officer with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NSW). After his discovery Noble completed a bachelor of applied science degree and was promoted to a ranger.

The Wollemi Pine species (Wollemia nobilis) was named after David Noble.

External links

• David Noble's home page, from the Internet Archive