Triumph Or Tragedy Georgiana Molloy.
words and illustrations by Millie M.
When Georgiana was only 16 her father died when he got thrown off a horse, her life was totally changed. When she was 18 she married Captain James molloy.
Georgiana and James molloy sale to the swan river settlement in a boat named the warrior.
When they arrived there was no good land left so they had to move further south. When they got there it was not comfortable for them , they were not familiar with the mosquitoes or large blow flies.
There are lots of big waves that wash lots of valuable things of the ship. the bussle boys help everyone on the boat get to the beach without anyone being washed off .
Once they were on the beach the Bussel boys built a tent for them and Georgiana had her first baby. But it was raining and some of her servants had to hold a umbrella over her and her baby, Maryelizabeth.
She made a grave and found a pretty blue flower for it every day she kept replacing the flower. Sadly after 9 days her baby died.
Soon after her baby died she became very interested in flowers and did lots of collecting and studying of them with the help of some aboriginals showing her things the flowers did and were.
After that she had about 6 more babies in the now more established community one her only boy died in a well but the other ones lived.
With the help of the aboriginals she wove some sort of basket to put all the flowers she had collected in.
She was asked by a English botanist to send some of her collected plants and seeds to him to study.
She was very trustworthy and in some way packed and preserved them better than a framed painting, and they survived the long trip to England to get studied. They are still preserved today extremely safe in a English meusium.
Georgiana molloy is dead.
Because Georgiana did such amazing things when she lived we still remember her as a significant part of Australian and English history today.
Georgiana Molloy is remembered as a significant Australian early settler from England.
Some of her well preserved plants and flowers are still in good condition and are visible and studied in universities and studying places in England and Perth today. Today some of the plants, seeds and diaries of hers can be visulised on modern computers anywhere in the world.
For most of her life in Australia she was nursing a baby, doing farm work and collecting plants. When she had her seventh baby, witch was a great triumph‌ She died and now, because of what she did she is a well known lady in Australia.