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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J., Moje, C. and Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001058b.htm person Fiveash Rosa Catherine AACR2 22 July 1854 13 February 1938 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Place of Death North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Botanical artist Rosa Fiveash trained as an artist at the Adelaide School of Art, gaining her teaching certificate in 1888. She taught for many years but is best known as a highly-skilled botanical artist. Her work illustrated the publications of some of South Australia 's most renowned scientists. The first was The Forest flora of South Australia (1882 - 1890) by John E. Brown, the South Australian Conservator of Forests. Fiveash enjoyed a 30-year collaboration with Richard S. Rogers, illustrating a number of his works on South Australian orchids. Her work was also included in John B. Cleland's books on fungi. Edward Stirling, Director of the South Australian Institute, used her talents to illustrate some of his papers, including his description of a newly discovered marsupial mouse. A number of her paintings were presented to the South Australian Government in 1900. These are now in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, as are the paintings she donated to the Public Library of South Australia in 1937. 1888 1888 Education - Teaching certificate, Adelaide School of Art 1937 1937 Life event - Presented paintings to Public Library of South Australia Rogers, Richard Sanders (c. 1861 - 1942) Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Colony and State of South Australia (1855 - )

The Gardens holds a collections of her paintings

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 Fiveash, Rosa (1854-1938)

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 'Fiveash, Rosa Catherine', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Fiveash, Rosa Catherine Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Fiveash, Rosa Catherine (1854-1938), botanical artist Sims, Eric B. Fiveash, Rosa Catherine (1854-1938), botanical artist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 517-518 Book: Eucalypts: a Celebration Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M. Eucalypts: a Celebration Crows Nest Australia Allen & Unwin 2010

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 Edited Book: 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology Radi, H. 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology Sydney Women's Redress Press Inc 1988 Journal Article: Rosa Catherine Fiveash Sims, E. Rosa Catherine Fiveash 1975 South Australian Naturalist 49 3 44-47 Book Section: Rosa Fiveash (1854-1938) botanical artist Gibberd, Joyce Rosa Fiveash (1854-1938) botanical artist Sydney Women's Redress Press Inc 1988 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology Heather Radi Book: The forest flora of South Australia Brown, John Ednie The forest flora of South Australia Adelaide Government Printer 1882 Book: An introduction to the study of South Australian orchids Rogers, R. S.; illustrated by Rosa Fiveash An introduction to the study of South Australian orchids Adelaide Government Printer 1911 Journal Article: Description of a new genus an species of marsupial mouse "Notoryctes typhlops" Stirling, E. C.; illustrated by Rosa Fiveash Description of a new genus an species of marsupial mouse <span style="font-style:italic">"Notoryctes typhlops"</span> 1891 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 14 154-87 Book: Australian orchids: a collection of paintings by Rosa Catherine Fiveash; with text by Noel Lothian Fiveash, Rosa Australian orchids: a collection of paintings by Rosa Catherine Fiveash; with text by Noel Lothian Adelaide Rigby 1974 Book: Toadstools and mushrooms and other larger fungi of South Australia Cleland, John Burton; illustrated by Rosa Fiveash Toadstools and mushrooms and other larger fungi of South Australia Adelaide Government Printer 1934-1935 Journal Article: Australian orchidology Pescott, Edward E. Australian orchidology 1932 The Victorian naturalist 49 196-9 Journal Article: Rosa Fiveash: flower painter Pescott, E. E. Rosa Fiveash: flower painter 1938 The Victorian naturalist 54 1 199 Book: Collecting Ladies: Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists Olsen, Penny Collecting Ladies: Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists Canberra National Library of Australia 2012 Journal Article: Rosa Fiveash: a supplement Sims, Eric Rosa Fiveash: a supplement 1980 South Australian naturalist 55 1 12-4 Book Section: The contribution of women to Australian Botany Carr, D. J. The contribution of women to Australian Botany Sydney Academic Press 1981 People and Plants in Australia D. J. Carr and S. G. M. Carr 325-32 Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010 Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes