Fanny Anne Charsley b. 23 July 1828

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Natural history painter and lithographer born in England. A resident of Melbourne for 10 years, Charsley published a book of 13 hand-coloured lithographs of wildflowers in the area. The wildflower Helipterum charsleyae is named after her.
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natural history painter and lithographer, was born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, on 23 July 1828, one of the five daughters of John Charsley, coroner for South Buckinghamshire.

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1995
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References [<ExternalResource: Charsley, Fanny Anne (1867), 'The Wildflowers around Melbourne'.>, <ExternalResource: Queensland State Archives, 'Shipping Arrival Lists', Brisbane, Qld.>, <ExternalResource: Glover, A. (1980), 'Victorian Treasures from the La Trobe Collection', Melbourne, Vic : State Library of Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: 'Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae', Melbourne, Vic : Volume 11 (1878/1881).>, <ExternalResource: (1933), Victorian Naturalist, vol. 49, March.>, <ExternalResource: 'Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae', Melbourne, Vic : Volume 8 (1872/1874).>] [<ExternalResource: Charsley, Fanny Anne (1867), 'The Wildflowers around Melbourne'.>, <ExternalResource: Queensland State Archives, 'Shipping Arrival Lists', Brisbane, Qld.>]