Person
Thomson, Estelle (1894 - 1953)
- Born
- 1894
Glasgow, Scotland - Died
- 6 September 1953
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Naturalist and Botanical artist
Summary
Estelle Thomson was a naturalist and botanical artist who became an expert on the birds of Queensland. She arrived in Australia in 1919 with her husband and they set up a farm at Eight Mile Plains in Queensland. There she spent all her free time studying and drawing the local wildflowers and animals. Thomson's book Flowers in Our Bush was one of the most popular field guides of the time. She also had a regular column in the Brisbane Courier and Telegraph newspapers and presented children's talks on wildlife on the ABC. The University of Queensland's Medical School commissioned her to produce a series of paintings on poisonous plants.
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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 regularly 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
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q27662004. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/91365446. Details
- Thomson, Estelle (1894-1953 ), https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/thomson-estelle.html. Details
- 'Thomson, Estelle (1894-1953)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-462609. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 25 September 2006, Last modified: 7 February 2011