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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-01-06 human Rebecca Rigby and Christine Moje updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004915b.htm person Flockton Lilian Margaret AACR2 29 September 1861 12 August 1953 Place of Birth Sussex, England Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Botanical artist Margaret Flockton was a renowned botanical illustrator who worked at the National Herbarium within the Sydney Botanic Gardens for 27 years.

She illustrated several books written by J.H. Maiden, then director of the Sydney Botanic Gardens, including Forest Flora of New South Wales and Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus. At the time she was Australia's leading, if not only, female lithographer. The Botanic Gardens Trust Archive owns over 1000 of her illustrations.

c. 1879 c. 1879 Life event - Emigrated to Australia, aged 19 1901 1901 Career event - Commenced work at the National Herbarium, Sydney Botanical Gardens 1916 1916 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus flocktoniae (Maiden) Maiden was named in her honour 1927 1927 Career event - Retired from her position at the National Herbarium Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Colony and State of New South Wales (1816 - ) 1901 1927

Artist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.

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 Margaret Flockton

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 Flockton, Margaret Lilian (18610929-19530812)

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 'Flockton, Lilian Margaret (Margaret)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Flockton, Lilian Margaret (Margaret) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Eucalypts: a Celebration Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M. Eucalypts: a Celebration Crows Nest Australia Allen & Unwin 2010

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 Resource Section: Lilian Margaret Flockton Garcia, Miguel A. Lilian Margaret Flockton Australian National Herbarium 2007 Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators 1780s-1980s Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria Book: Margaret Flockton: a fragrant memory Wilson, Louise Margaret Flockton: a fragrant memory Mile End, S.A. Wakefield Press 2016 Journal Article: Margaret Flockton, Botanical Artist Bell, Pamela Margaret Flockton, Botanical Artist 2011 Australian Garden History 22 1 12-15, 32 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

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 Book: Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science Hooker, Claire Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science Carlton Melbourne University Press 2004