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 ATKINSON

Caroline Louisa Waring

25 February 1834 — 28 April 1872 

AKA: Louisa Atkinson, Caroline Calvert 

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Special Achievements


She contributed many natural history articles to Sydney papers and journals becoming the first Australian born woman novelist when she published Gertrude the Emigrant:  A Tale of Colonial Life (“by an Australian Lady”) in 1857.

 

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Image - Louisa Atkinson

Description: Louisa Atkinson (1834-1872) Date: Unknown date Source: http://www.pioneerwomen.com.au/gentlearts.htm Author: Unknown Permission: Public domain

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Image - Atkinsonia ligustrina

Description: Atkinsonia ligustrina Threatened species: ROTAP: 2RCa Erect shrub 1–2 m high. Occurs in woodland and heath in exposed sites, a single plant often parasitic on the roots of many nearby plants. Confined to a small area in the Blue Mountains. Atkinsonia was named after Louisa Atkinson, a plant collector who found many new plants in the Blue Mountains, including the specimen of A. ligustrina that Cunningham based his description on. plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&am... Date: 9 December 2017, 14:40:24 Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/summitvista/38971216801/ Author: Brian G

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Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives catalogue, Women’s Museum of Australia (formerly the National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame), Alice Springs, Northern Territory.


Chisholm, A. H. Australian Dictionary of Biography. “Atkinson, Caroline Louisa (1834–1872)”. accessed 7 December 2019.


The Australian Women's Register. “Atkinson, Caroline Louisa Waring (1834 - 1872)”. accessed 7 December 2019.


Wikipedia. “Louisa Atkinson”. accessed 7 December 2019.


Link - Atkinson, Caroline Louisa Waring (1834 - 1872)

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

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