Born: 1 March 1870, Australia
Died: 19 April 1932
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: Alice Heal
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Alice Eaton and her sister Mary Martha Eaton (1868 – 1941) both collected plant specimens around the family home in Youngedin, Western Australia, and near the sources of the Swan and Blackwood Rivers. Included in Alice’s collections were a number of type specimens. Her collections date from1888 and continued after her marriage in 1895 to farmer Arthur Heal (1849 – 1924). Alice corresponded with Ferdinand von Mueller, Victorian Government Botanist in Melbourne, and over 750 of her specimens are retained in the National Herbarium of Victoria.