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Jean Galbraith

Writer in a Valley

Jean Galbraith( )
Author: Fletcher, Meredith
Series title:Biography Ser.
ISBN:978-1-922235-40-4
Publication Date:Aug 2014
Publisher:Monash University Publishing
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $39.95
Book Description:

This is the story of Jean Galbraith, one of Australia's most influential botanists and writers on nature, plants and gardens. During a writing career that spanned seventy years, she turned botanical writing into a literary art, developed new forms of garden writing in Australia, and was tireless in spreading knowledge of native plants. The magic of her writing delighted her readers. She put her vision of nature into words and helped Australians of all ages to see their own landscapes...
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Book Details
Pages:352
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General
Gardening / General
Book Weight:0.812 Pounds
Author Biography
Fletcher, Meredith (Author)


Meredith Fletcher is an Australian author who has won the top prize at the Victorian Community History Awards (VCHA) for her book Jean Galbraith: Writer in a Valley (Monash University Publishing). Fletcher's biography of Galbraith, one of Victoria's 'most loved gardeners and garden, nature and botanical writers', was awarded the $5000 Most Outstanding Community History Project.

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