Person

McLaughlin, Ada Mary (1881 - 1963)

Born: 1881
Somerset, England
Died: 20 May 1963
Emerald, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Botanical collector

Summary

Ada Mary McLaughlin was a botanical collector and former school teacher with the Queensland Department of Public Instruction. She made many collection expeditions around her local area and donated some 122 specimens to the Queensland Herbarium.

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Edited Books

McKay, Judith ed., Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland (Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1997), 80 pp. Details

Resources

McLaughlin, Ada Mary (1881-1963), http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/mclaughlin-ada.html. Details
'McLaughlin, Ada Mary (1881-1963)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475814. Details

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