Born: 1924, Australia
Died: 2022
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: Cecily Sandercock
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Cecily Lydia Fearnley was awarded the Queensland Natural History Award in 2001 and has published several popular books on the flora and fauna of Noosa and surrounding areas. She joined the Queensland Museum as an art assistant in 1947 and her many duties included drawing extinct animals from their skeletal remains, illustrating Christmas cards and the museum’s first set of information cards for sale.