Georgiana Molloy's Tragedy to Triumph

Georgiana Molloy’s Tragedy to Triumph

BY LIORA GODFREY

Georgiana’s dad (David Kennedy) got thrown off a horse and he died when Georgiana was only 16 so she and her mum lived with her brothers and her 2 sisters. They all moved to England because of this disaster.

Georgiana was Georgiana Kennedy before she got the letter from Captain John Molloy and then she became Georgiana Molloy. She traveled on the warrior to Fremantle and then went down to Flinders bay for nicer land.

Warrior

Georgiana Molloy started her journey in 1829 May and arrived in New Holland in 1830 March.

She travelled on the Emily Taylor to Flinders Bay with her husband Captain John Molloy. She travelled to Flinders Bay to find some more land.

Emily Tailor

It was hard to get into Flinders bay but lucky for them they had the Bussel brothers to help them and they were a very big help.

The Bussel brothers were very strong men and helped by getting into small boats and with the boxes they were bringing they got to shore even though it was windy and it was hard but they had managed to make it.

Georgiana’s boat did not go right through to the island so all the people wanting to get off had to go in little boats through the rapid water and then finally get to dry land. Lucky for her she made it and every one else did as well.

They walked on sand for a bit of time until they found some shelter from the tree brunches and managed to get a tent up. Georgiana was soon to have a baby so she got the first tent.

Georgiana had the first tent hung up for her and after that she lay down and went to sleep.

Georgiana needed rest because she was tired and she was going to have a baby soon so every one had decided that she could have the first tent that was put up.

Georgiana had her first baby and after 9 days the baby died.

She had subsequence babies and did not need medical assistance.

They cut down some trees to build little houses and it took a lot of work because the trees were tough.

After they had cut down the trees they built their first little shack. It was hard work and it took a few days to months to complete.

This is the flower they put on Georgiana’s first baby’s grave after it had past away and they had buried it. They are a very beautiful flower and that is why she chose them when the baby died.

Georgiana spent a lot of her time working or helping out with some of the jobs but Georgiana would still always find time for her Botany, even if it was night she would always find some time.

I am going to tell you all about Georgiana Molloy’s triumphs in her life.

Georgiana Molloy’s life was one big triumph but there was a lot of little tragedies along the way. After all of her hard work she is now internationally known as quite a brilliant botanist when she was an early settler and is still remembered for her brilliant work.

Today she is internationally remembered as the first female botanist in the hole of W.A. She was not only able to find the specimens but she was also able to package them and send them back to England so that others could be able to compare them to their plants and seeds. If it wasn’t for her we wouldn’t really know what the seeds and plants are in England compared to ours are like.

Georgiana was able to find things to write on and to write with so today we can see what she used. Most of her diaries and letters were well looked after and survived and are now held at the Cumbria Archive Center in the U.K and the JS Battye Library in Perth W.A. If Georgiana didn’t write any notes then we wouldn’t today know how they would write with or write on but because she did write notes we are now able to find those things out.

Georgiana’s life as a setter was hardship and tragedy, and for 13 years in the colony she was nursing a baby. Her days were filled with jobs after jobs from before dawn until really late into the night but yet she would always find some time for her beloved botany. She did work very hard and even if it was midnight she would do a bit of botany but not too much because she needed her sleep.

In her last years, she was referred to in several botanical and gardening magazines, including 3 mentions in “Notices of new plants” in Lindley’s very successful sketch of the vegetation of the Swan River Colony. She sadly thou died after she had her several baby but she is still in memory of quite a lot of people. She had made a lot of triumphs in her life.