Following PhD studies in the bryophyte family Aneuraceae and a number of years teaching at tertiary institutions, Helen Hewson played an integral role in the establishment and development of the Flora of Australia program of the Bureau of Flora and Fauna (later the Australian Biological Resources Study).
Fanny Charsley was an English botanical artist and collector who spent a decade in Australia (1856 – 1866). Shortly after she returned to England she published a book of her work on Australian wild flowers titled “The Wild Flowers around Melbourne” (1867).
1900s Irish artist
Wildflower enthusiast and environmental activist
Fanny Macleay was an 1800s collector and illustrator of botanical and entomological specimens in Australia.
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
1800s natural history illustrator
Natural history illustrator whose paintings earned high praise from the Entomological Society and she was elected, like her sister Helena, as an honorary member.
20th century Irish painter
Irish sculptor, illustrator, author, and poet