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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-03-22 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003172b.htm person Medland Lilian Marguerite AACR2 29 May 1880 16 December 1955 Place of Birth North Finchley, England Place of Death Queenscliffe, New South Wales, Australia Ornithologist Ornithological artist Lilian Medland trained and worked for many years as a nurse in England. Charles Stonham, a surgeon at Guy's Hospital where she did her training, published The Birds of the British Isles between 1906 and 1911, with her as illustrator. She later married Tom Iredale (q.v.) and did the illustrations for a number of his books.

Nurse 1896-1923(?); produced 318 monochrome plates to illustrate Charles Stonham's five volumes of The Birds of the British Islands 1906-11; invited to illustrate a revised edition of William Yarrell's A History of British Birds 1911 (book never completed, but she did 248 paintings for it); painted 30 species of birds for the Australian Museum, which were issued as postcards in 1925; completed 53 plates depicting 883 Australian birds for Mathews (q.v.) 1930s; plates for Iredale's Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds (Melbourne, 1950), Birds of New Guinea (Melbourne, 1956) and his proposed book on Australian kingfishers. Her painting of the Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri was used on a 1961 Norfolk Island stamp. Married Tom Iredale (q.v.) 8 June 1923.

 Iredale, Tom (1880 - 1972)

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 Medland, Lilian Marguerite (1880-1955)

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 'Medland, Lilian Marguerite', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Medland, Lilian Marguerite Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Lilian Medland: 1880-1955 Kloot, T. Lilian Medland: 1880-1955 1976 Emu 76 4 183-186 Review: Australian field ornithology Herman, Kerryn 2016 Australian field ornithology 33 82 Book: Seen but Not Heard: Lilian Medland's Birds Mattingley, Christobel Seen but Not Heard: Lilian Medland's Birds Canberra National Library of Australia 2014 Book: The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Robin, Libby The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2001