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Galbraith, Jean

Occupation
Botanist and Author

Summary

Galbraith, a prominent Victorian naturalist, joined the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria in 1923 and in 1970 was awarded their Australian Natural History Medallion. In 1950 she published Wildflowers of Victoria which by 1970 had gone to three editions.

Sources used to compile this entry: Bright Sparcs : http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/.

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Archival resources

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

  • Papers of Jean Galbraith, 1920 - 1980; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

The Australian Women's Register Exhibitions

See also

  • Lofthouse, Andrea (ed.), Who's who of Australian women, Methuen Australia, North Ryde (NSW), 1982, 504 pp. Details

Digital resources

Title
Moira Pye and Jean Galbraith
Type
Image
Date
c. 1930
Creator
Walling, Edna (1896 - 1973)

Details

Elle Morrell

Created: 1 February 2001, Last modified: 4 May 2009

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