Molloy, Georgiana (1803 - 1843)

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.

• Kennedy, Georgiana (maiden name)

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... ]

See also

• Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au. [ Details... ]
• Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 'Where are the Women in Australian science?', 22 August 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. [ Details... ]
• Radi, Heather (ed.), 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press, Sydney, 1988, 258 pp. (Also available at http://www.200australianwomen.com/) [ Details... ]