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Molloy, Georgiana (1803 - 1843)

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Botanist
Born: 12 May 1803  Near Carlisle, England.  Died: 1843  Vasse, Western Australia.

Molloy emigrated to Western Australia from England in 1830 and settled in Augusta. She collected and despatched seeds of local native plants to J. Mangles FRS who passed them to collectors in the UK. She was known for her detailed botanical descriptions.


Career Highlights
Alternative Names:
  • Kennedy, Georgiana (maiden name)
 
Sources used to compile this entry: Bright Sparcs : http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/.
 
Published Resources

Books

  • Hasluck, Alexandra, Portrait with Background: A Life of Georgiana Molloy, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1960. [ Details... ]
  • Vries-Evans, Susanna De, Pioneer Women, Pioneer Land: Yesterday's Tall Poppies Angus & Robertson, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1987, 280 pp. [ Details... ]

Book Sections

  • Hasluck, Alexandra, 'Molloy, Georgiana (1805-1843), amateur botanist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1967, pp. 244-245. [ Details... ]

Journal Articles

  • Pickering, W. G., 'The Letters of Georgina Molloy', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society, vol. 1, 1929. [ Details... ]

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