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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-02-19 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006276b.htm person Holding Charlotte Elizabeth AACR2 c. 1828 1916 Place of Birth England Place of Death Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia Botanical collector Charlotte Holding came to Australia as a young woman, living in Geelong, Victoria, and, after her marriage to settler William Holding (c.1828 - 1910), at 'Mittai Endai', Wentworth, New South Wales. Between 1880 and 1890 she collected plant specimens around Wentworth and along the Murray and Darling Rivers. These specimens were sent to Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Melbourne. The National Herbarium of Victoria holds over 350 of her specimens, as well as some collected by her daughter Lucy Edith Holding (1873 - 1919). National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

Over 350 of Holding's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 'Holding, Charlotte Elizabeth', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Holding, Charlotte Elizabeth Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Ferdinand Mueller's Female Plant Collectors: a Biographical Register Maroske, Sara and Vaughan, Alison Ferdinand Mueller's Female Plant Collectors: a Biographical Register 2014 Muelleria 32 92-172