Person
Sewell, Julia (c. 1847 - 1914)
- Born
- c. 1847
near Northam, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- June 1914
Gilga, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Botanical collector
Summary
Julia Sewell was a plant collector in southwestern Western Australia where her family ran sheep and cattle stations. Between 1882 and 1892 she collected around Mount Caroline, the Swan River, Bunbury and Geographe Bay. She sent her specimens to Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Melbourne. Over 1,000 specimens are in the National Herbarium of Victoria, as are some collected by her cousins Geraldine Allen Sewell (1861 - 1900) and Maud Amy Sewell (1875 - 1955).
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See also
- Maroske, Sara and Vaughan, Alison, 'Ferdinand Mueller's Female Plant Collectors: a Biographical Register', Muelleria, 32 (2014), 92-172. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 19 February 2019