The Wasp and the Orchid: The Remarkable Life of Australian Naturalist Edith Coleman

The Wasp and the Orchid: The Remarkable Life of Australian Naturalist Edith Coleman

Non-fiction

Danielle Clode

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The Wasp and the Orchid: The Remarkable Life of Australian Naturalist Edith Coleman

In 1922, a 48-year-old housewife from Blackburn delivered her first paper, on native Australian orchids, to the Field Naturalist’s Club of Victoria.

An avid gardener, self-taught former schoolteacher Edith Coleman went on to become the foremost female naturalist and nature writer of her generation. She kept echidnas at the breakfast table, and arachnids in the bedroom. She travelled across Australia in pursuit of its flora and fauna and even corrected Charles Darwin. Yet today she is almost entirely forgotten, save by a handful of scientists and naturalists.

In a twenty-year quest, award-winning writer and zoologist Danielle Clode set out to uncover Edith’s story, bringing her celebration of Australian nature and landscape back into the light where it belongs.

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ISBN:

9781760784300

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