A Lady's Pen
The botanical letters of Georgiana Molloy
- Paperback
250 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2023
Summary
A Lady’s Pen provides the first complete and original transcripts of the surviving botanical letters of Georgiana Molloy, the first woman in Western Australia to become an internationally successful collector.
In December 1839, Georgiana Molloy received an unexpected letter from Captain James Mangles in London asking her to collect specimens of native plants in the British settlement where she lived, on Wadandi Pibelmen country in Western Australia’s southwest. During the las…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780994206411 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0994206410 |
| Author: | Bernice Barry |
| Publisher: | Bernice Barry |
| Imprint: | Bernice Barry |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 250 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2023 |
| Dimensions: | 150mm x 230mm |
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Bernice Barry
Bernice Barry is a writer and researcher with a love of history, language and literature. Originally from Cornwall in the UK, she has lived on the coast near Wooditjup (Margaret River) for twenty-two years, where her early interest in the native flora and fauna of WA’s southwest grew to become an enduring passion. Barry’s biography of Georgiana Molloy The Mind that Shines was published by Picador ANZ in 2016 and as an ebook worldwide in 2019.
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