Tragedy or Triumph

TRAGEDY OR TRIUMPH? Georgiana Molloy’s life in Australia

By Krista

Sadly Georgiana’s father died when she was only 16 years old. He died at the age of 53. His sudden death was caused by being thrown from a horse in 1863. This was the first of many tragedy's in Georgiana’s life and it changed her life completely.

The

Emily Taylor

Georgiana Molloy traveled on the Emily Taylor from the swan river colony to flinders bay. She arrived on March the 12 1830.

A tragedy was that the water was so wavy that it was hard to get all the luggage on to the beach but luckily the Bussel brothers were on the ship so they helped. th

Shortly after her arrival she had her first child, Elizabeth Mary Molloy. She died shortly after birth. This was another tragedy In Georgiana’s life.

Georgiana Molloy’s Triumphs Georgiana Molloy’s life was definitely a triumph!

Georgiana Molloy is remembered as the first successful female botanist in the Western Australia. There are lots of new items now available on a computer screen anywhere in the world allowing you to look closely at a picture or photograph from an original document. Online sources make it possible to trace some of her specimens from the day she collected them in the bush, through their journey from collector to collector, and on to their current resting place in a herbarium.

Mangles sent Georgiana’s specimens to (among others) Dr. John Lindley, Professor of Botany at University College, London, Joseph Paxton, head gardener of the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth House, the Royal Horticultural Society and the Baumann brothers of Bollwiller in France. He also sent her seeds to successful nurserymen including George Loddiges, known for the orchids he grew in a huge hothouse.

She always found time for her botanical passion.