Louisa Mary Green-Emmott b.

Also known as Louisa Mary Green, Louisa Mary Sheridan
  • Artist (Painter)
A painter who left Lancashire, England for Australia with her family in the 1850s because of debts.

painter, married George Green on 10 March 1840. They had seven children, three sons and four daughters. The Greens left Emmott Hall in Colne, Lancashire, for Australia in the 1850s because of debts; in 1851 they added Emmott to their surname. On 30 May 1859, George Green-Emmott was appointed Gold Commissioner at Timbarra near Brisbane and Louisa’s diary records that their house was purchased for £6.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1995
Last updated:
2011