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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/P004767b.htm person Scarth-Johnson Vera OAM AACR2 1912 19 May 1999 Place of Birth Morley, England Botanical collector Botanical artist Vera Scarth-Johnson was a botanical collector and illustrator who studied horticulture at Hertfordshire Institute of Agriculture and drawing at the Leeds College of Art in the United Kingdom. After World War II she immigrated to Australia and soon afterwards established a sugar cane farm in Queensland. Scarth-Johnson spent much of her spare time collecting and drawing plants. She travelled widely across Australia and even visited some Pacific nations. She sent her specimens to the herbariums in Kew, UK and in Queensland providing some 1700 to the latter. In 1972 Scarth-Johnson moved to Cooktown where she set about painting the 200 known plant species growing along the Endeavour River. This work earned her a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) and is housed at the Vera Scarth-Johnson Interpretive Centre and Art Gallery at the Cooktown Botanic Gardens. 1996 1996 Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) - for service to art as a watercolour artist specialising in the native flora of Cooktown and the Endeavour River region of Queensland

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 'Scarth-Johnson, Vera', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Scarth-Johnson, Vera Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland McKay, Judith Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland Brisbane Queensland Museum 1997 Resource: Vera Scarth-Johnson (1912-1999) Australian National Botanic Gardens Vera Scarth-Johnson (1912-1999)