Lilian Marguerite Medland
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Lilian Marguerite Medland (1880-1955) was a nurse and illustrator of books on birds. She produced paintings to illustrate Gregory Mathews' books on Australian birds. She also illustrated the plates for her husband Tom Iredale
's books Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds (1950) and Birds of New Guinea (1956).
Tom Iredale
Tom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
's books Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds (1950) and Birds of New Guinea (1956).