• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE3729

Meredith, Louisa Ann

  • Maiden name Twamley, Louisa
(1812 – 1895)
  • Born 20 July 1812, Birmingham, , United Kingdom
  • Died 21 October 1895, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
  • Occupation Artist, Author, Botanical collector

Summary

Louisa Meredith sailed for Sydney with her husband Charles in 1839. A keen naturalist, she collected plant, insect and seaweed specimens in Tasmania and was a member of the Tasmania Royal Society. She published several volumes of poetry as well as her accounts of colonial life, and often illustrated these works herself.

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