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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-08-13 human Helen Cohn updated 2021-12-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006520b.htm person Higgins Frances Georgina Watts AACR2 1860 1948 Place of Birth County Cork, Ireland Place of Death Malvern, Victoria, Australia Landscape gardener Ina Higgins was one of the first women to enrol at the Burnley Horticultural College in Melbourne in 1899, receiving her Certificate of Competency in 1900. She subsequently had a lengthy career as a distinguished landscape gardener. The gardens that she designed include "Heronswood" (Dromana), the Royal Talbot Epileptic Colony (Clayton), and "Hethersett" (Burwood), all in Victoria. Higgins advocated limiting large expanses of grass because maintenance took too much water. In 1914 she was invited by New South Wales Commission for Irrigation to assist in planning two model towns in Murrumbidgee irrigation region, a project that never eventuated. The same year she participated in the initiation of the Women's Rural Industries Co. Ltd, a co-operative women's farm in Mordialloc, Victoria. Higgins was a committed feminist and heavily involved in the campaign for women's suffrage. In 1917 she became Patroness of the Women's Horticultural Association. 1870 1870 Life event - Migrated to Australia with her family 1879 1890 Career position - Worked as a governess in New South Wales 1899 1899 Career event - Elected to Malvern City Council Board of Advice 1900 1900 Education - Certificate of Competency, Burnley Horticultural College 1914 1919 Career position - Horticultural Instructor, Women's Rural Industries Co. Ltd Burnley School of Horticulture (1891 - 1983?)

Qualified with Certificate of Competency 1900

 'Higgins, Frances Georgina Watts (Ina)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Higgins, Frances Georgina Watts (Ina) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Burnley's first feminist gardener [Ina Higgins] Pullman, Sandra Burnley's first feminist gardener [Ina Higgins] 2018 Australian Garden History 29 3 6-8 Journal Article: Women gardeners without chaperones: the role of Ina Higgins in advancing women in horticulture in Victoria Pullman, Sandra Women gardeners without chaperones: the role of Ina Higgins in advancing women in horticulture in Victoria 2017 La Trobe Library Journal 99 71-81