| Main Title: |
Jean Galbraith : writer in a valley / Meredith Fletcher. |
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| Author: |
Fletcher, Meredith, 1952-
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| Imprint: |
Monash University Publishing, [2014]. |
| Collation: |
illustrations (some colour), 1 map, portraits, paperback ; 25 cm. xxii, 292 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : |
| Summary: |
Machine generated contents note: 1.Settling in the Valley -- 2.Childhood -- 3.Becoming a Botanist -- 4.Making the Garden -- 5.Correa -- 6.Grandfather -- 7.Writing the Garden -- 8.From Three to One in the Garden -- 9.Wildflowers of Victoria -- 10.Freelancing -- 11.Changes -- 12.A Commission from Collins -- 13.Fame -- 14.Old Age.
This is the story of one of Australia's most influential botanists and writers on nature, plants and gardens. During a writing career that spanned seventy years, Jean Galbraith turned botanical writing into a literary art and was tireless in spreading knowledge of native plants.
This is also the story of a writer and her place, a valley in Gippsland, Victoria. The valley was fundamental to her being and the source of her inspiration. |
| Subject: |
Galbraith, Jean, 1906-1999.
Botany and botanists
Victorian Community History Award Nominations
Gardens and gardening
Biography
Victoria
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| ISBN: |
9781922235398 |
| Notes: |
Includes index.
Victorian Community History Awards 2015 - Victorian Community History Award - Winner
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-284) and index.
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