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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/P006282b.htm person Spencer Jessie AACR2 1859 1936 Place of Birth Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Queensland, Australia Botanical collector Jessie Spencer lived in many districts of New South Wales and Queensland as a child and after her marriage to Charles George Spencer (1846 - 1910), a drover and station manager. Plant specimens collected by Jessie were sent to Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Melbourne probably through the agency of Adolph Wuerfel who collected for Mueller. Over 250 of Spencer's specimens are in the National Herbarium of Victoria. National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

Over 250 of Spencer's specimens are in the Herbarium.

 'Spencer, Jessie', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Spencer, Jessie 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