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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/P006277b.htm person Irvine Jemima Frances AACR2 1822 17 July 1918 Place of Birth Scotland Place of Death Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Botanical collector Jemima Irvine was a plant and shell collector and artist. As a child she migrated with her family to Tasmania where her father established a property on the River Ouse. She collected plant specimens in Western Australia and New South Wales between 1888 and 1891, sending the specimens to Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Melbourne. The National Herbarium of Victoria holds over 600 of her specimens. National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

Over 600 of Irvine's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 'Irvine, Jemima Frances', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Irvine, Jemima Frances 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