Where are the Women in Australian Science? - Pre 1850

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Women alive prior to 1850

A

Abbott, Gertrude (1846 - 1934) - Medical administrator, Nun
Atkinson, Caroline Louisa Waring (1834 - 1872) - Naturalist, Writer

B

Biddulph, Harriette (1839 - 1940) - Botanical collector
Bunbury, Diana Richardson (1811 - 1898) - Botanical collector

C

Carter, Sarah Henriette (Henriette) (1822 - 1925) - Botanical collector
Charsley, Fanny Anne (1828 - 1915) - Botanical artist, Botanical collector
Coxen, Elizabeth Frances (1825 - 1906) - Naturalist, Meteorologist

D

De Mole, Fanny Elizabeth (1835 - 1866) - Botanical artist
Dietrich, Koncordie Amalie (1821 - 1891) - Botanist, Naturalist
Dunlop, Eliza Hamilton (1796 - 1880) - Ethnographer

F

Forrest, Margaret Elvire (1844 - 1929) - Botanical artist, Botanical collector
Franklin, Jane (1791 - 1875) - Explorer, Natural history collector, Science patron

G

Gould, Elizabeth (1804 - 1841) - Natural history artist
Gribble, Mary Ann Elizabeth (1848 - 1929) - Botanical collector
Guerin, Jane (1846 - 1890) - Botanical collector

H

Hellicar, Jane (1840 - 1914) - Nurse
Hodgkinson, Mary (c. 1824 - 1889) - Botanical collector
Holden, Frances Gillam (1843 - 1924) - Nurse, Hospital administrator
Holding, Charlotte Elizabeth (c. 1828 - 1916) - Botanical collector

I

Irvine, Jemima Frances (1822 - 1918) - Botanical collector

K

King, Georgina (1845 - 1932) - Anthropologist, Geologist
Knight, Ann Augusta (Gussie) (1840 - 1904) - Botanical collector
Knip, Pauline de Courcelles (1781 - 1851) - Ornithological artist

L

Lovell, Selina Frances Nanette Louise (1827 - 1905) - Natural history collector, Teacher

M

Macleay, Fanny (1793 - 1836) - Botanical artist, Naturalist
McCann, Annie Bellew (1838 - 1924) - Botanical collector
McHard, Mary Ann (1825 - 1912) - Botanical collector
Meredith, Louisa Ann (1812 - 1895) - Author, Botanical artist
Molloy, Georgiana (1805 - 1843) - Botanist

N

Nightingale, Florence (1820 - 1910) - Nurse, Hospital administrator
North, Marianne (1830 - 1890) - Botanical artist

O

Oakden, Emma (1848 - 1889) - Botanical collector
Osburn, Lucy (1836 - 1891) - Nurse manager

R

Richards, Anne Frances (Annie) (1845 - 1930) - Botanical collector
Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848 - 1922) - Botanical artist, Explorer, Botanical collector

S

Scott, Harriet (1830 - 1907) - Natural history artist, Naturalist
Scott, Helena (1832 - 1910) - Natural history artist, Naturalist
Sewell, Julia (c. 1847 - 1914) - Botanical collector
Sutherland, Sulina Murray MacDonald (1839 - 1909) - Nurse, Child welfare worker

T

Turriff, Haldane Coloquhoun (1834 - 1922) - Hospital administrator

W

Wehl, Clara Christine Maria (1833 - 1901) - Botanical collector