Born: 1847 (circa), Australia
Died: 1914
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: NA
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Julia Sewell was a plant collector in southwestern Western Australia where her family ran sheep and cattle stations. Between 1882 and 1892 she collected around Mount Caroline, the Swan River, Bunbury and Geographe Bay. She sent her specimens to Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Melbourne. Over 1,000 specimens are in the National Herbarium of Victoria, as are some collected by her cousins Geraldine Allen Sewell (1861 – 1900) and Maud Amy Sewell (1875 – 1955).