SubjectGeorgiana Leake's Wildflower Album: Western Australia's First Botanical Artist
Margaret J Love, Bryan R Sherwood and Alex S George
286 pages, 89 col illus, 82 b/w illus, 59 maps.
Softcover | 2010 | #184628 | ISBN-13: 9780955074080
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In 1832 to escape the recession in England, Samuel Kingsford, miller, embarked with his wife and daughter Georgiana for the largely unknown continent
of New Holland, to become one of the pioneering settlers in the newly established Swan River colony. Surviving great hardships Samuel established the
first water mill in the new settlement at Perth. After her father's premature death Georgiana Mary married George Leake, one of the colony's most
influential settlers and a man much older than herself. In the short time they had together, Georgiana painted the profusion of wildflowers which she
found in the area.
This book tells the story of Georgiana's early life, her time in the Swan River and return to England. It also reproduces the entire collection of surviving illustrations, with notes on their provenance.
This book tells the story of Georgiana's early life, her time in the Swan River and return to England. It also reproduces the entire collection of surviving illustrations, with notes on their provenance.
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