Emily Harriet Pelloe b. 1877

Also known as Ixia
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Emily Harriet Pelloe was a wildflower painter, author, naturalist, journalist and equestrienne. Well known for her riding expeditions, she became an expert botanist contributing to the wide study of wildflowers in WA.

Citations

  • (1929), 'Story of a Hundred Years’.

  • Pelloe, Emily Harrie (1930), 'West Australian Orchids’.

  • Stewart, Noel (1988), 'Emily Harriet Pelloe’, Australian Dictionary of Biography 11, (1988), ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vols 1-6, Melbourne 1966-1976.

  • Pelloe, Emily Harrie (1921), 'Wildflowers of Western Australia’, De Garis Publishing House.

See also

  • 'Heritage chapter 7, plate 299, Sixteen Species of Western Australian Wildflowers c.1921, coloured process print 16.4 x 20 cm. Plate 2 from her Wildflowers of Western Australia, Melbourne 1921'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book