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Studio: Lilydale) as well as family photos of Gladys and Dorothy. It was also inspired by McCubbin’s Gathering Mistletoe (1886). Prasophyllum archeri is also classified as Genoplesium archeri. p118 ‘always well cloaked . . .’ A. W. Steel, quoted in Robin da Costa, 1978, pp98–100. p119 ‘Within a few . . .’ and ‘The creek banks . . .’ Edith Coleman, 1938, ‘Notes on the increase of the blackbird’, Emu, 38, p516. ‘Our little creek . . .’ and ‘One could gather . . .’ Edith Coleman [E.C.] 1924, ‘Birds at Blackburn’, The Age, 29 March, p26. Cryptostylis longifolia is now known as Cryptostylis subulata. The greenhoods Pterostylis have been reclassified to the genus Oligochaetochilus. p120 ‘about seventy species . . .’ November monthly meeting report, 1922, Victorian Naturalist, 39, p78. ‘already occupied with . . .’ and ‘geometrical beds with . . .’ and ‘put the herbs . . .’ from Edith Coleman, 1948, ‘Planning the herb garden’, Your Garden, 1, pp22–23. p122 ‘Twenty years ago . . .’ Coleman, 1938. ‘Notes on the increase of the blackbird’. ‘Our once popular . . .’ from Coleman, 1924, ‘Birds at Blackburn’. p124 ‘Many of those . . .’ Edith Coleman to the Editor, ‘Bird Life’, 23 October 1913, The Argus, p12. p125 ‘So it would . . .’ Alec H. Chisholm, 1925, ‘Our women of the open ways: Part II’, The Australian Woman’s Mirror, February 3, p16. p126 ‘the least trying . . .’ from Mary B. Sproule, 1928, Gatherings of a grandmother: during a period of seventy years residence in Australia (Arbuckle, Waddell Pty Ltd). p20. ‘Mrs Barnett’s paper . . .’ da Costa, 1978, Blackburn, p100. p127 ‘luscious cake with . . .’ from Lois Meyer, 1998, ‘Memories of Dorothy Coleman’, Tintern News, 1998, p7. For an example of Edith’s theological analyses see ‘Manna in the Wilderness’, The Age, 3 September, 1938, p3. Dorothy is acknowledged in Jean Uhl, 1980, A work on wheels: A history of St. John’s Anglican Church, Blackburn, 1890–1980 (St. John’s Anglican Church: Blackburn). ‘I’m very keen . . .’ letter from Edith Coleman to Rica Sandilands, 25 February 1932, SLWA. p128 ‘light general’ Box Hill Reporter, 27 October 1911, p7. ‘Englishwoman who has . . .’ Rica Erickson, 1999, ‘A thumbnail sketch of Edith Coleman 1931–32’, FNCV Archives. The recollections of Mabel (Roberts) Peggie provided by Loris Peggie. For a discussion of women and art see Rufi Thorpe, 2015, ‘Mother, writer, monster, maid’, Vela, http://velamag.com/mother-writer-monster-maid/ [accessed 10.1.2017]. p129 ‘A soft, pink . . .’ Edith Coleman, 1925, ‘‘Bill Baillie’: A pet opossum’, Victorian Naturalist, 42, p72. p130 Ellis (Marian) Rowan, 1908, Bill Baillie: His life and adventures (Whitcombe and Tombs: Melbourne). ‘I think he . . .’ a letter from Edith Coleman to Donald Macdonald, Notes for Boys, The Argus, 20 October 1925, p4. ‘to a girl . . .’ letter from Dorothy Coleman to Donald Macdonald, Notes for Boys, The Argus, 28 April 1914, p5. Annie R. Rentoul, 1910, ‘The Kookaburra’, Bush Songs of Australia for Young and Old, quoted in Gladys Coleman, undated, ‘Sketches from the Bush: The Kookaburra’, The Leader, John Thomson collection. p132 ‘She sits alone . . .’ Lyndsay Gardiner, 1977, Tintern School and Anglican girls’ education 1877–1977 (Tintern Church of England Girls’ Grammar School: East Ringwood) p21. Details from annual Tintern Girls School Speech Day reports in late December in The Argus. pp132–133 ‘two little girls . . .’ Blackburn Gossip, Box Hill Reporter, 15 March 1918, p4 and also ‘Semi-final matches’, Box Hill Reporter, 22 March 1918 p4. p133 ‘the mother of . . .’ Gardiner, 1977, Tintern School, p46. pp133–134 ‘as she was . . .’ and ‘How Father will . . .’ and ‘The memory of . . .’ from a letter from Harry Harms to his Aunt Lizzie after his mother’s death, 22 April 1917, Peter Harms collection. p134 ‘the sweetest, most . . .’ from Kate Baker, 1942, p16. Mary Harms is on the electoral roll of 1919 with Henry at 21 Manningham Road, Glenferrie. Her unexpected death is reported in The Argus, 27 February 1922. Further details of Henry’s life from Peter Harms. p135 ‘Mrs. Coleman was . . .’ from ‘Treasures of the Bush’, Woman’s Realm: News and Views, The Argus, 10 August 1929. p136 ‘A few days . . .’ letter from Dorothy Coleman to Donald Macdonald, ‘Notes for Boys’, The Argus, 12 December 1916, p5. Gladys’s contributions are mentioned in Donald Macdonald, ‘Notes for Boys’, The Argus, 20 September 1913, p15. ‘Mallee Fowl’s comments are in Donald Macdonald, ‘Notes for Boys’, The Argus, 30 December 1913, p8. Dorothy Coleman’s Student Record, University of Melbourne Archives. p137 ‘I am doing . . .’ letter from Dorothy Coleman to Rica Sandilands, 22 August 1932, SLWA. Gladys Coleman’s Student Record, UMA. pp139–141 Extract from Edith Coleman [E.C.] 1929, ‘Some social insects: A caterpillar company–defensive tactics’, The Age, p10.

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p143 ‘Folded and crumpled . . .’ from Edith Coleman (1929) ‘The Australian Silkworm: Gorgeous Emperor Gum Moths’, The Argus, 24 August, p 10. pp145–147 This reconstruction is based on the recollections of John Thomson and Rica Erickson as well as details from Edith’s letters and early papers (particularly Edith Coleman, 1926, ‘Orchids at the National Park’, Victorian Naturalist, 43, pp211–212) and a note in Victorian Naturalist, May 1928, 45, p3. Acianthus caudatus is also known as Nemacianthus caudatus. p147 Edith Coleman, 1922, ‘Some Autumn Orchids’, Victorian Naturalist, 39, pp103–108. Evidence of Edith’s earlier field work can be found in Edith Coleman, 1924, ‘Early orchids (note)’, Victorian Naturalist, 40, p244. ‘He gathered his . . .’ Richard Jefferies, ‘Preface’, in Gilbert White, 1887, The Natural History of Selborne, Walter Scott, London pix. p148 Edith’s early involvement with the FNCV can be found in Victorian Naturalist (November 1919, 36, p107; November 1920, 37, p83; November 1921, 38 p62, 72; July 1922, 39, p39; August 1922, 39, p48.) p149 ‘The author, in . . .’ ‘Papers Read’ Victorian Naturalist, 1922, 39,