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Thomson, Estelle (1894 - 1953)

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Naturalist and Botanical artist
Born: 1894  Glasgow, Scotland.  Died: 6 September 1953  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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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Created: 25 September 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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