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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-09-25 human Annette Alafaci updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004763b.htm person Geissmann Hilda Gladys AACR2 1890 1988 Place of Birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Naturalist Photographer Hilda Gladys Geissmann was a self-taught naturalist and nature photographer. She became an expert on the flora and fauna of the Mount Tamborine region in Queensland. She is said to have known the more about the flora and fauna there than any other person. Many of her specimens were greatly prized because of their rarity, beauty or quality and are housed in museums and herbariums throughout Australia and in the USA. Although Geissmann had a love of all natural things her true passion was birds and orchids. She developed a high standing in the native orchard world especially for her exquisite photographs which she developed and printed herself. She left such a positive impression on the people of Tamborine that local residents erected a monument after her death. It was inscribed with "A true pioneer of natural history. We remember her on the mountain she loved." Geissmann, Hilda Gladys (1890-1988)

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 'Geissmann, Hilda Gladys', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Geissmann, Hilda Gladys Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Geissmann, Hilda Gladys (1890-1988 ) Australian National Botanic Gardens Geissmann, Hilda Gladys (1890-1988 ) Edited Book: Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland McKay, Judith Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland Brisbane Queensland Museum 1997