Lee, Ida Louisa (1865-1943)

Also known as
Marriott, Ida Louisa (1865-1943)
Field of activity
Geographer; historian (general); Historian
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-750071

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LEE, IDA LOUISA (1865-1943), historical geographer, was born on 11 February 1865 at Kelso, near Bathurst, New South Wales, third of eight children of George Lee, grazier, and his wife Emily Louisa, née Kite, both born at Kelso; she was a granddaughter of William Lee. With her five sisters, she grew up at Leeholme, Kelso, and rode to school; she became a keen horsewoman.

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Lee (later Marriott) approached geography historically, and reconstructed the exploration of Australia by the British through the study of logbooks, journals and lost charts found in British repositories, notably the Admiralty.

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Ida Lee was an historical geographer who wrote several books on maritime exploration in the Pacific. In the late 1890s she moved to England and spent much of her spare time searching through British libraries, including the Admiralty. There Lee began to study and transcribe a number of journals and logbooks from many of the British historical voyages. Her books are published under either the name of Lee (maiden name) or Marriott (married name) and copies of most of her works are held at the Mitchell Library. Through her studies Lee developed a considerable knowledge of systematic botany and botanical taxonomy and was able to update Allan Cunningham's nomenclature. Lee was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London 1913 and was only the second person to be made an honorary Fellow of the Royal Australian Historical Society.

  • 1897 Career position - First piece of work published: The Bush Fire and other verses
  • 1906 Career position - The Coming of the British to Australia, 1788 to 1829 published
  • 1912 Career position - Commodore Sir John Hayes, His Voyage and Life published
  • 1913 - Award - Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London (FRGS)
  • 1915 Career position - The Logbooks of the 'Lady Nelson' published
  • 1918 - Award - Honorary Fellow of the Royal Australian Historical Society
  • 1920 Career position - Captain Bligh's Second Voyage to the South Sea published
  • 1925 Career position - Early Explorers in Australia published
  • 1927 Career position - The Voyage of the Caroline published

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Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

  1. 'Lee, Ida Louisa (1865 - 1943)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, pp 48-49.
    Martha Rutledge
    [1986]
    Published: Melbourne University Press

Australian Women's Register

  1. Lee, Ida Louisa (1865-1943)Australian Dictionary of Biography Online 10 : Lee, Ida Louisa (1865-1943)
    Rutledge, Marta
    [2006]
    Published: Australian National University
    Series: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100045b.htm
  2. 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
  3. 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology
    Radi, Heather
    [1988]
    Published: Women's Redress Press
  4. Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales: Ida Louisa Lee - Records
    Transcriptions of journals and logbooks of navigators in the British Museum and Public Record Office, London, including notes on the exploration of the Antarctic 1819-29, A. Cunningham 1816-39, R.L. Hare 1827-8 and correspondence relating to her books 1937 [1 box, ML MSS 337]. Notebooks and correspondence 1898-1922 on the exploration of Australia 1791-1821 including copies of the journals of G. Caley 1802-04 and A. Cunningham 1817-19, correspondence with J. Banks 1817-21, and photographs, charts and newscuttings [29 volumes, ML MSS 75 and Pic Acc 970].
    ML MSS 337 and others

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

  1. 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology
    Radi, H.
    [1988]
    Published: Women's Redress Press Inc
  2. Early Explorers in Australia
    Lee, Ida
    [1925]
    Published: Methuen
  3. Lee, Ida Luisa (1865-1943), Historical GeographerAustralian Dictionary of Biography Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 10 48-49 : Lee, Ida Luisa (1865-1943), Historical Geographer
    Rutledge, Marta
    [1986]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
  4. Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales: Ida Louisa Lee - Records (1919 - 1937)
    Transcriptions of journals and logbooks of navigators in the British Museum and Public Record Office, London, including notes on the exploration of the Antarctic 1819-29, A. Cunningham 1816-39, R.L. Hare 1827-8 and correspondence relating to her books 1937 [1 box, ML MSS 337].
    ML MSS 337
  5. Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales: Ida Louisa Lee - Records (1819 - 1937)
    Notebooks and correspondence 1898-1922 on the exploration of Australia 1791-1821 including copies of the journals of G. Caley 1802-04 and A. Cunningham 1817-19, correspondence with J. Banks 1817-21, and photographs, charts and newscuttings.
    ML MSS 75

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