Meredith, Louisa Ann (1812 - 1895)

Louisa Meredith sailed for Sydney with her husband Charles in 1839. A keen naturalist, she collected plant, insect and seaweed specimens in Tasmania and was a member of the Tasmania Royal Society. She published several volumes of poetry as well as her accounts of colonial life, and often illustrated these works herself.

• Twamley, Louisa (maiden name)

Online Resources

• McCarthy, G.J., 'Meredith, Louisa Ann (1812-1895)', in Bright Sparcs, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P001913b.htm. [ Details... ]

See also

• Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au. [ 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... ]