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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-11-11 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002817b.htm person Rowan Marian Ellis AACR2 Ryan, Marian Ellis Rowan, Ellis 30 July 1848 4 October 1922 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Macedon, Victoria, Australia Botanical artist Botanical collector Explorer Marian Rowan is best known for her Australian wild flower paintings. The Australian government bought 947 of them in 1923 and the collection is held at the National Library of Australia, together with a portrait of her by John Longstaff.

No formal art training, but encouraged by English relatives whom she visited in 1869 to continue painting wildflowers in her own style, married Frederick Charles Rowan 1873 and moved to New Zealand, returned to Victoria 1877, exhibited her work in international exhibitions in Australia, India, England, Europe and the USA 1879-93, winning 10 gold medals, 15 silver and 4 bronze, travelling and exhibiting in New Zealand, London and the USA 1893-1905, wrote "Flower Hunter in Queensland and New Zealand" 1898, returned to Australia 1905 and searched to find and record every species of wildflower on the continent, visited Papua and New Guinea twice in 1916-18, finding and illustrating many hitherto unclassified flowers and searching for unidentified birds of paradise, exhibited 1,000 paintings in Sydney 1920. Queen Victoria had 3 of her paintings, the South Australian purchased 100 and Queensland 125. Many of her discoveries were classified and named by Ferdinand von Mueller.

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 'Rowan, Marian Ellis', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Rowan, Marian Ellis Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The flower hunter : the adventures in Northern Australia and New Zealand, of flower painter Ellis Rowan Rowan, Ellis The flower hunter : the adventures in Northern Australia and New Zealand, of flower painter Ellis Rowan North Ryde, NSW Collins/Angus & Robertson 1991 Edited Book: Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland McKay, Judith Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland Brisbane Queensland Museum 1997 Book Section: Ellis Rowan (1848-1922) natural history painter Kerr, Joan Ellis Rowan (1848-1922) natural history painter Sydney Women's Redress Press Inc 1988 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology Heather Radi Book: A Flower-hunter in Queensland and New Zealand Rowan, Ellis A Flower-hunter in Queensland and New Zealand Sydney Angus & Robertson 1898 Book: Flower paintings of Ellis Rowan: from the collection of the National Library of Australia, with an introduction by Margaret Hazzard and notes on the flowers by Helen Hewson Rowan, Ellis Flower paintings of Ellis Rowan: from the collection of the National Library of Australia, with an introduction by Margaret Hazzard and notes on the flowers by Helen Hewson Canberra National Library of Australia 1982 Book Section: Collectors and illustrators: women botanists of the nineteenth century Moyal, Ann Collectors and illustrators: women botanists of the nineteenth century Sydney Academic Press 1981 People and Plants in Australia Carr, D. J. and Carr, S. G. M. 333-56 Book: The Flower Hunter: the Remarkable Life of Ellis Rowan Morton-Evans, Christine and Morton-Evans, Michael The Flower Hunter: the Remarkable Life of Ellis Rowan Pymble, N.S.W. Simon & Shuster 2008 Review: Australian Book Review Maier, H. 2008 Australian Book Review 304 40 Book: Ellis Rowan, a flower-hunter in Queensland McKay, Judith Ellis Rowan, a flower-hunter in Queensland South Brisbane Queensland Museum 1990 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Cohn, Helen M. 2010 Historical Records of Australian Science 21 2 292-4 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Cohn, Helen M. 2010 Historical Records of Australian Science 21 2 292-4 Book: Women of Flowers: Botanical Art in Australia from the 1830s to the 1960s Norton, Leonie Women of Flowers: Botanical Art in Australia from the 1830s to the 1960s Canberra National Library of Australia 2009 Book: The Flower Hunter: Ellis Rowan Fullerton, Patricia The Flower Hunter: Ellis Rowan Canberra National Library of Australia 2002 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 Book: Wild flower hunter Samuel, H. J. Wild flower hunter London Constable 1961 Book: Ellis Rowan: a life in pictures Morton-Evans, Christine Ellis Rowan: a life in pictures Canberra NLA Publishing 2020 Journal Article: Ellis Rowan: colonialism and nature painting, Cairns Art Gallery, 9 September 2023 - 18 February 2024 [exhibition review] Naylor, Stephen Ellis Rowan: colonialism and nature painting, Cairns Art Gallery, 9 September 2023 - 18 February 2024 [exhibition review] 2024 Australian historical studies 55 2 392-6 Book: Curious Minds: the Discoveries of Australian Naturalists MacInnis, Peter Curious Minds: the Discoveries of Australian Naturalists Canberra National Library of Australia 2012 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 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 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