Tragedy to Triumph Georgiana Molloy

Tragedy to Triumph Georgiana Molly

Georgiana Molloy was 16. she had a peaceful happy joyful life until her first tragedy was her father flying of the horse then died. Georgiana was very sad that her father david Kenedy died

It was 1830 and Georgiana molloy was traveling to the swan river colony on the warrior. She stoped in cape town in Africa and then went to Flinders bay. Along the way there were ruff and rocky waves.

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Georgiana Molloy was travling on the warrior with ruff waves rocking her ship around with some of her luggage fell out

Georgiana molloy arrived at the beach and Georgiana Molloy thinks she is going to have a baby. There were mosquitos everywhere

Georgiana Molloy has arrived at the beach. Now she in having her baby in her tent.

She named her baby after her sisters Mary and Elizabeth. So she named her baby mary elizabeth

Georgiana Molloy Georgiana Molloy is remembered at the first internationally female botanist in Western Australia.

Specimens from two of her collections, including Type specimens, are archived in Kew Herbarium and Cambridge University Herbarium.

Some of her letters and diaries have also survived held at the Cumbria archive Centre in Carlisle in the UK and the JS library in Perth WA. Georgiana Molloy life as a settler was one tragedy.

Most of her 13 year in the colony she was nursing a baby.

Hers days were filled with farm work. Soon after her seventh baby was born she died still desperately longing to successfully collect and send the seeds of Nuytsia floribunda And Kingia Australis to John Mangles. She was 37 years old.