Jean Galbraith
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Jean Galbraith was an Australian botanist, gardener, writer of children's books and poet.
Jean was born at Tyers, Gippsland
, and remained there. The family's sprawling native garden at their cottage "Dunedin" formed the backdrop to her first articles on growing native flowers.
She was counted an "important and influential woman gardener". and "natural successor" to Edna Walling
.
Jean Galbraith used the pseudonym "Correa" for her early works. Jean first started writing at the age of 19, and was widely published from the age of 26. For 50 years she contributed monthly to two magazines, The Garden Lover and the Victorian Naturalist, as well as occasional articles for The Age
.
The species Prostanthera galbraithiae
was named for Jean Galbraith as co-discover of the species and advocate for its protection. She was recipient of the 1970 Australian Natural History Medallion
In addition to poetry Jean Galbraith also wrote the lyrics for hymns, such as "O christ our Lord whose beauty" "She held a deep Christian (Christadelphian) faith which sustained her at all times".
Botany and gardening:
Books for children:
Autobiography:
Poetry:
Jean was born at Tyers, Gippsland
Gippsland
Gippsland is a large rural region in Victoria, Australia. It begins immediately east of the suburbs of Melbourne and stretches to the New South Wales border, lying between the Great Dividing Range to the north and Bass Strait to the south...
, and remained there. The family's sprawling native garden at their cottage "Dunedin" formed the backdrop to her first articles on growing native flowers.
She was counted an "important and influential woman gardener". and "natural successor" to Edna Walling
Edna Walling
Edna Walling was one of Australia's most influential landscape designers.Walling grew up in the village of Bickleigh in Devon, England...
.
Jean Galbraith used the pseudonym "Correa" for her early works. Jean first started writing at the age of 19, and was widely published from the age of 26. For 50 years she contributed monthly to two magazines, The Garden Lover and the Victorian Naturalist, as well as occasional articles for The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
.
The species Prostanthera galbraithiae
Prostanthera galbraithiae
Prostanthera galbraithiae is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is endemic to Victoria in Australia.-Description:...
was named for Jean Galbraith as co-discover of the species and advocate for its protection. She was recipient of the 1970 Australian Natural History Medallion
Australian Natural History Medallion
The Australian Natural History Medallion is awarded each year by the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria to the person judged to have made the most meritorious contribution to the understanding of Australian Natural History...
In addition to poetry Jean Galbraith also wrote the lyrics for hymns, such as "O christ our Lord whose beauty" "She held a deep Christian (Christadelphian) faith which sustained her at all times".
Works
In all Jean Galbraith wrote ten books:Botany and gardening:
- Wildflowers of Victoria 1967
- A field guide to the wild flowers of south-east Australia 1977
- A gardener's year 1987
- A garden lover's journal (1943–1946) 1989
- Wildflower diary. Winifred Waddell, Jean Galbraith, Elizabeth Cochrane 1976
- Fruits. Jean Galbraith, John Truscott. 1966
Books for children:
- Grandma Honeypot 1963
- The wonderful butterfly; the magic of growth in nature 1968
- From flower to fruit. Jean Galbraith, Moira Pye. 1965
Autobiography:
- Garden in a valley, Jean Galbraith - Biography & Autobiography 1985
- Doongalla restored: the story of a garden 1991 123pp (First published in the The Australian Garden Lover' between 1939 and 1941 under the title 'Two and a Garden')
- Kindred spirits: a botanical correspondence. Anne Latreille, Jean Galbraith, Australian Garden History Society 1999
Poetry:
- Poems for Peter. (ISBN 81-87409-01-0)