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Title Brilliant careers : women collectors and illustrators in Queensland / compiled by Judith McKay
Published South Brisbane : Queensland Museum, 1997

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Description vii, 80 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Contents Amalie Dietrich -- Elizabeth Coxen -- Selina Lovell -- Harriette Biddulph -- Ellis Rowan -- Rowena Birkett / Dianne Byrne -- Margaret Fountaine / G.B. Monteith -- Maude Glover Fleay -- Mabel Hobler / Heather Janetzki -- Mary Strong Clemens / R.F. Langdon -- Ada McLaughlin -- Maida Allan / J. Covacevich & P. Couper -- Ursula McConnel / Judith Bartlett -- Hilda Geissmann / H.S. Curtis -- Estelle Thomson -- Jo Mackerras / Lester Cannon & G.B. Monteith -- Gwladys McKeon / Joan W. Cribb -- Gladys Thomson / Lindy Allen -- Alison Read -- Elizabeth and Katharine Dodd / G.B. Monteith -- Dorothy Hill / J.S. Jell -- Gabriele Neuhauser / Steve Van Dyck -- Vera Scarth-Johnson / John Clarkson -- Doris Goy / Rodney J.F. Henderson -- Kathleen McArthur -- Pat Marks / G.B. Monteith -- Valerie Davies / G.B. Monteith -- Jean Harslett / G.B. Monteith -- Cecily Fearnely -- Patricia Mather / Lester Cannon -- Elizabeth Exley / Judith King -- Mary Wade / Susan Turner -- Joan Cribb / R.W. Johnson
Summary "This book is a tribute to 34 women who, as collectors and illustrators, have enriched our knowledge of the Queensland environment and people. All have left a public legacy in their contributions to museums and herbariums, or in their publications and advocacy of conservation."--Back cover
Analysis Botany. Queensland. History
Women in science. Queensland. History
Notes Gabriele Scott, nee Neuhauser, was a resident of Redcliffe from 1970 till her death in 1998. (p.50)
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 79-80
Subject Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922.
Allan, Maida, 1884?-
Biddulph, Harriette, 1839-1940
Birkett, Rowena, 1860-1915
Clemens, Mary Strong, 1873-1968
Coxen, Elizabeth, 1825-1906
Cribb, Joan, 1930-
Davies, Valerie, 1920-
Dietrich, Amalie, 1821-1891.
Dodd, Elizabeth, 1903-1995
Dodd, Katharine, 1907-1995
Exley, Elizabeth, 1927-
Fearnley, Cecily, 1925-
Fleay, Maude Glover, 1869-1965
Fountaine, Margaret, 1862-1940.
Geissmann, Hilda, 1890-1988
Goy, Doris, 1912-
Harslett, Jean, 1925-
Hill, Dorothy, 1907-1997.
Hobler, Mabel, 1871-1925
Lovell, Selina, 1827-1905
Mackerras, Mabel Josephine, 1896-1971.
Marks, Pat, 1918-
Mather, Patricia, 1925-
McArthur, Kathleen, 1915-
McConnel, Ursula, 1888-1957
McKeon, Gwladys, 1897-1979
McLaughlin, Ada, 1881-1963
Neuhäuser, Gabriele, 1911-
Read, Alison, 1901-1983
Scarth-Johnson, Vera, 1912-
Thomson, Estelle, 1894-1953
Thomson, Gladys, 1900-
Wade, Mary, 1928-
Botanical illustration -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- History.
Botantical illustration -- Queensland -- History
Botany -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
Natural history illustrators -- Australia -- Queensland -- Biography.
Natural history illustrators -- Australia -- Queensland -- Biography.
Women in science -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
Women collectors -- Australia -- Queensland -- Biography.
Zoological illustration -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
Zoological illustration.
Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation -- History.
Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Author McKay, Judith, 1949-
Queensland Museum.
ISBN 0724276939