Charlotte Elizabeth Holding

Between 1880 and 1890 she collected plant specimens around Wentworth and along the Murray and Darling Rivers. The National Herbarium of Victoria holds over 350 of her specimens, as well as some collected by her daughter Lucy Edith Holding (1873 – 1919).

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Emma Oakden

Emma Oakden collected botanical specimens in eastern Tasmania, particularly in the Launceston district, in the 1880s. Over 250 specimens are in the National Herbarium of Victoria.

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Ellen Biddulph

Ellen Biddulph collected plant specimens in central Queensland in the 1890s, sending them to the Victorian Government Botanist for identification. The National Herbarium of Victoria holds nearly 400 of her specimens.

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Diana Richardson Bunbury

Diana Bunbury collected seeds for the Glasnevin Botanic Gardens in Ireland and between 1874 and 1890 sent plant specimens, particularly algae, to Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Melbourne.

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Fanny Elizabeth De Mole

Fanny Elizabeth De Mole was a British born botanical artist who illustrated and published the first book about South Australian flora, Wildflowers of South Australia(1861), having hand-coloured the lithographic illustrations in each copy.

Chronology
1856
Life event – Family emigrated to Australia from London, England.
1861
Career event – Published Wildflowers of South Australia

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Harriette Biddulph

Harriette Biddulph was a prolific collector of botanical specimens of which she sent many to the Government Botanist of Victoria, who named Hemigenia biddulphiana and Astrotriche biddulphiana in her honour.

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Harriet Scott

Natural history illustrator whose paintings earned high praise from the Entomological Society and she was elected, like her sister Helena, as an honorary member.

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