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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2003-03-03 human Ailie Smith and Helen Morgan updated 2026-03-10 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004310b.htm person Stones Elsie Margaret AM MBE AACR2 Stones, Margaret 28 August 1920 26 December 2018 Place of Birth Colac, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Botanical artist Margaret Stones was a Botanical Artist renowned for her taxonomical accuracy. She is known for her illustrations for the influential six volume book The Endemic Flora of Tasmania, with text by botanist Winifred Curtis. From 1958, Stones also contributed over 400 watercolours to Curtis's Botanical Magazine. The genus Stonesia (Podostemonaceae) was named in her honour. 1936 1938 Education - Studied industrial art on three-year scholarship at Swinburne Technical College, Victoria 1940 1941 Education - Attended night classes at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School 1942 1945 Career position - Nursed at the Epworth Hospital in Richmond, Victoria December 1946 December 1946 Career event - First exhibition of botanical art at Georges Gallery in Melbourne 1948 1950 Career event - Joined the University of Melbourne Botany school summer expeditions to the Bogong High Plains, Victoria 1952 1981 Career position - Moved to England and worked independently for the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and other botanical institutions 1956 1981 Career position - Principal contributing artist to Curtis's Botanical Magazine 1957 1957 Career event - Commissioned by Postmaster-General's Department in Canberra to prepare a set of floral designs for Australian stamps 1967 1978 Career position - Illustrated The Endemic Flora of Tasmania 1976 1976 Award - Veitch Silver Medal, Royal Horticultural Society, London 1977 1977 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 1977 1987 Career position - Ten year contract to draw Louisiana Flora 1979 1979 Career event - Represented in the Flowers in Art from East and West' at the British Museum, London (one of only seven contemporary artists) 1980 1980 Career position - Principal exhibition at the Smithsonian in Washington DC, USA 1985 1985 Career position - Principal exhibition at the Louisiana State Museum, USA 1986 1986 Award - Veitch Gold Medal, Royal Horticultural Society, London 1986 1986 Award - Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc (Hon)), Louisiana State University, USA 1987 1987 Award - Eloise Payne Luquer Medal,received for special artistic achievement in the field of Botany. Awarded by the Garden Club of America 1988 1988 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to art as an illustrator of botanical specimens 1989 1989 Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne 1991 1991 Career position - Exhibited 90 drawings of Louisiana Flora at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Curtis, Winifred (1905 - 2005) Launceston Field Naturalists Club Inc. (1949 - )

The Club sent specimens to Stones for her work on The endemic flora of Tasmania

 Stones, Margaret (1920-)

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 'Stones, Elsie Margaret (Margaret)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Stones, Elsie Margaret (Margaret) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Resource Section: Stones, Elsie Margaret (Margaret) (1920- ), Biographical Entry Stones, Elsie Margaret (Margaret) (1920- ), Biographical Entry National Foundation for Australian Women 2003 Australian Women's Archives Project Book: The endemic flora of Tasmania Curtis, Winifred; illustrations by Stones, Margaret The endemic flora of Tasmania London Ariel Press 1967-1978 Journal Article: Margaret Stones (1920 - 2018) Barker, Robyn Margaret Stones (1920 - 2018) 2018 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 177 47-8 Book: Beauty in Truth: the Botanical Art of Margaret Stones Zdanowicz, Irena Beauty in Truth: the Botanical Art of Margaret Stones Victoria National Gallery of Victoria 1996 Journal Article: John Stewart Turner 1908-1991 Ashton, D. H.; Ducker, S. C. John Stewart Turner 1908-1991 1993 Historical Records of Australian Science 9 3 278-290 Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 2001 Herd, Margaret Who's who in Australia 2001 38 Melbourne Crown Content 2001 Book: Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science Hooker, Claire Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science Carlton Melbourne University Press 2004 Papers of Margaret Stones National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Papers of Margaret Stones MS 7476 1952 - 1984 Box 1. Letters from: Lord Talbot de Malahide to Margaret Stones, Arnold Hinson, H.J. King, Frank Ludlow, George Sherriff to Margaret Stones. Letter from Stones to Muriel Gossman. Box 2. Letters from Winifred Curtis to Stones and from Stones to Winifred. Tasmania collection notes (1969-1975). Notes for "Endemic flora of Tasmania" (EFT); financial material for EFT; photograph and press clippings of Stones; appendix on cultivation by Lord Talbot; press cuttings on the death of Lord Talbot, Frank Ludlow and Major G. Sherriff. 0.28 m