Molloy, Georgiana (1803-1843)

Also known as
Kennedy, Georgiana (1805-1843)
Molloy, Georgiana (1805-1843)
Field of activity
Botanist; botanist; plant/seed collector
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MOLLOY, GEORGIANA (1805-1843), amateur botanist, was born on 23 May 1805 near Carlisle, Cumberland, England, one of the five children of David and Mary Kennedy of Crosby Lodge. Both parents came of old Border families. In August 1829 she was married to Captain John Molloy and in October they sailed with their household possessions and eight servants to the new colony in Western Australia. After six weeks at Swan River they decided to settle some 200 miles (322 km) farther south at Augusta at the opening of the Blackwood River on Flinders Bay, where her husband was appointed resident magistrate. Two other families with their servants accompanied them. Augusta lay in heavily timbered country and the settlement's early pioneering was lonely and hard. Three daughters and a son were born to Mrs Molloy, but the eldest daughter died at birth and the son at nineteen months, in tragic circumstances. In 1836 most of the settlers began to leave Augusta to look for land easier to develop. The Molloys themselves left in 1839 and moved to the Vasse River, sixty miles (97 km) northward, where a homestead, Fair Lawn, was built, and two more daughters were born.

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Molloy emigrated to Western Australia from England in 1830 and settled in Augusta. She collected and despatched seeds of local native plants to J. Mangles FRS who passed them to collectors in the UK. She was known for her detailed botanical descriptions.

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Georgiana Molloy emigrated to Western Australia from England in 1830 and settled in Augusta. She collected and despatched seeds of local native plants to J. Mangles FRS who passed them to collectors in the UK. She was known for her detailed botanical descriptions.

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Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

  1. 'Molloy, Georgiana (1805 - 1843)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, pp 244-245.
    Alexandra Hasluck
    [1967]
    Published: Melbourne University Press

Australian Women's Register

  1. The Letters of Georgina MolloyJournal and Proceedings of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society 1 : The Letters of Georgina Molloy
    Pickering, W. G.
    [1929]
  2. Molloy, Georgiana (1805-1843)Australian Dictionary of Biography Online 02 : Molloy, Georgiana (1805-1843)
    Hasluck, Alexandra
    [2006]
    Published: Australian National University
    Series: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020210b.htm
  3. Pioneer Women, Pioneer Land: Yesterday's Tall Poppies Angus & Robertson
    Vries-Evans, Susanna De
    [1987]
    Published: Angus & Robertson
  4. Portrait with Background: A Life of Georgiana Molloy
    Hasluck, Alexandra
    [1960]
    Published: Oxford University Press
  5. Where are the Women in Australian science?
    Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    Series: http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
  6. 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology
    Radi, Heather
    [1988]
    Published: Women's Redress Press
  7. JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia: Diaries and letters Georgiana Molloy (1823 - 1929)
    Diaries 1829-30 [ACC 2877A, MN 768]. Correspondence with J. Molloy and relatives and friends 1823-33 and an article based on these letters by W.G. Pickering 1929 [ACC 501A]. Other items related to the letters c1897 [ACC 1959A]. 2 letterbooks of transcripts of letters received by J. Mangles from Georgiana Molloy and others 1835-45 [ACC 479A].
    ACC 2877A; 501A; 1959A; 479A

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

  1. The Power of Naming: Women Botanical Collectors and the Contested Space of 19th Century BotanyStudies in Western Australian History 17 1-12 : The Power of Naming: Women Botanical Collectors and the Contested Space of 19th Century Botany
    Skene, Judy
    [1997]
  2. The Letters of Georgina MolloyJournal and Proceedings of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society 1 : The Letters of Georgina Molloy
    Pickering, W. G.
    [1929]
  3. Molloy, Georgiana (1805-1843), amateur botanistAustralian Dictionary of Biography Douglas Pike 2 244-245 : Molloy, Georgiana (1805-1843), amateur botanist
    Hasluck, Alexandra
    [1967]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
  4. Pioneer Women, Pioneer Land: Yesterday's Tall Poppies
    De Vries-Evans, Susanna
    [1987]
    Published: Angus & Robertson
  5. 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology
    Radi, H.
    [1988]
    Published: Women's Redress Press Inc
  6. Portrait with Background: a Life of Georgiana Molloy
    Hasluck, Alexandra
    [1960]
    Published: Oxford University Press
  7. An all consuming passion: origins, modernity, and the Australian life of Georgiana Molloy
    Lines, William J.
    [1993]
    Published: Allen & Unwin
  8. Georgiana Molloy (1803-1843) botanist200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology Heather Radi : Georgiana Molloy (1803-1843) botanist
    Erickson, Rica
    [1988]
    Published: Women's Redress Press Inc
  9. CorrespondenceJournal and Proceedings of the Western Australian Historical Society 1 IV : Correspondence
    Molloy, Georgiana
    [1929]
  10. JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia: Georgiana Molloy - Records (1835 - 1845)
    2 letterbooks of transcripts of letters received by J. Mangles from Georgiana Molloy and others 1835-45.
    ACC 479A
  11. JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia: Georgiana Molloy - Records (1897)
    Other items related to the letters c1897.
    ACC 1959A
  12. JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia: Georgiana Molloy - Records (1823 - 1929)
    Correspondence with J. Molloy and relatives and friends 1823-33 and an article based on these letters by W.G. Pickering 1929.
    ACC 501A
  13. JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia: Georgiana Molloy - Records (1829 - 1830)
    Diaries 1829-30.
    ACC 2877A

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