Marian Ellis Rowan b. 30 July 1848

Also known as Marian Rowan, Ellis Rowan
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
A Melbourne born, prolific natural history painter with an international reputation. Her work was classified within the despised female 'hobby' of flower painting.
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Citations

  • (October 1910), 'Good Australians: a series of character studies’, Lone Hand 7, (pp. 456-461), .

  • Morton-Evans, Christine & Michael (2008), 'The Flower Hunter: The Remarkable Life of Ellis Rowan’, Sydney, NSW: Simon & Schuster.

  • Clifford-Smith, Silas (19 July 2008) 'Information sourced from’.

  • Rowan, Marian Ellis (1908), 'Bill Baillie His Life and Adventures’.

  • Rowan, Marian Ellis (1898), 'A Flower-Hunter in Queensland’.

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Cup and saucer with wattle floral design’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

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  • Kerr, Joan (1995), 'Ellis Rowan’, Sydney, NSW : in Heritage.

  • Hazzard, Margaret (1984), 'Australia’s Brilliant Daughter: Ellis Rowan’, Richmond, Vic.

  • Radi, Heather (ed.) (1988), 'Marian Ellis Rowan’, Sydney, NSW : in 200 Australian Women, (Redress Press).

  • Hazzard, Margaret (1988), 'Marian Ellis Rowan’, Melbourne, Vic : in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, [Serle, G. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press.

  • McKay, Judith (1990), 'Ellis Rowan: A Flower-Hunter in Queensland’, Brisbane, Qld : Queensland Museum.

  • Information sourced from McKay, Judith.

See also

  • 'Ellis Rowan, Encounter with an Alligator (North Queensland) c.1892, illustration from her A Flower Hunter in Queensland and New Zealand, Sydney 1898; Sir John Longstaff, 'Ellis Rowan', o/c, NLA'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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