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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-08-09 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007461b.htm person Gulliver Susannah AACR2 15 October 1857 2 February 1938 Place of Birth Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Townsville, Queensland, Australia Botanical collector Florist Susannah Gulliver was the sister of Thomas and Benjamin Gulliver, who were natural history collectors in Tasmania and Queensland. Susannah lived in Hobart in the early 1870s and is known to have joined her brothers in collecting plant specimens, particularly around Mt Wellington. She move to Townsville, Queensland, probably with Benjamin in 1882. Here she joined him in his nursery business, Acacia Vale, concentrating on floristry. The Gullivers had a long connection with Ferdinand von Mueller, Victorian Government Botanist, with the result that the National Herbarium of Victoria holds over 1,000 of their collections of plants, including bryophytes and lichens. c. 1870 c. 1870 Life event - Moved to Tasmania 1882? 1882? Life event - Moved to Townsville and joined brother Benjamin in the nursery business Acacia Vale Gulliver, Thomas Allen (1848 - 1931)

Thomas and Susannah were brother and sister

 Gulliver, Benjamin John (1851 - 1938)

Benjamin and Susannah were brother and sister

 National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

The Herbarium holds over 1,000 specimens collected by the Gulliver siblings (Thomas, Benjamin and Susannah)

 'Gulliver, Susannah', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Gulliver, Susannah Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Gullivers' travels: Thomas Allen Gulliver (1848 - 1931), Benjamin John Gulliver (1851 - 1938) and Susannah Gulliver (1857 - 1938): their contribution to Australian natural history and horticulture Dowe, John Leslie and Short, Philip S. The Gullivers' travels: Thomas Allen Gulliver (1848 - 1931), Benjamin John Gulliver (1851 - 1938) and Susannah Gulliver (1857 - 1938): their contribution to Australian natural history and horticulture 2024 Swainsona 38 45-72