Person
Fearnley, Cecily Lydia (1925 - 2022)
- Born
- 8 March 1925
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 21 January 2022
Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Natural history artist and Naturalist
Summary
Cecily Lydia Fearnley (nee Sandercock) was awarded the Queensland Natural History Award in 2001 and has published several popular books on the flora and fauna of Noosa and surrounding areas. She joined the Queensland Museum as an art assistant in 1947 and her many duties included drawing extinct animals from their skeletal remains, illustrating Christmas cards and the museum's first set of information cards for sale.
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Chronology
- 1953
- Life event - Married James Phillip Raymond Fearnley
- 2001
- Award - Queensland Natural History Award, Queensland Naturalists' Club
- 2022
- Buried - Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland
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
- 'Fearnley, Cecily (1925-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-572816. Details
Annette Alafaci; Ken McInnes
Created: 26 September 2006, Last modified: 14 August 2025