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Jean Galbraith (born 28 March 1906 and died 2 January 1999) was an Australian botanist, gardener, writer of children's books and poet. Jean was born at Tyers, Gippsland, where she lived for the rest of life. The family's sprawling native garden at their cottage "Dunedin" formed the backdrop to her first articles on growing native flowers.〔(Author Meredith Fletcher working on biography of Jean Galbraith ABC 19 March 2009 )〕 As a teenager, Galbraith joined the Field Naturalist Club and began to train herself in botany. Despite her lack of formal qualifications, Galbraith became a highly respected botanist.〔Holmes, K., (1997) 'A literary gardener', ''Australian Garden History'', 9 (1), pp. 4-7.〕 She was counted an "important and influential woman gardener",〔Bev Roberts. Treasures of the State Library of Victoria 2003 Page158〕 and "natural successor" to Edna Walling.〔(Obituary. The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 January 1999 )〕 Jean Galbraith used the pseudonym "Correa" for her early works.〔John Arnold, John A. Hay, Sally Batten The bibliography of Australian literature, Volume 2 2001 p119〕 She first started writing at the age of 19, and was widely published from the age of 26. For 50 years she contributed monthly to two magazines, ''The Garden Lover'' and the ''Victorian Naturalist'', as well as occasional articles for ''The Age''.〔Trisha Dixon Under the Spell of the Ages: Australian Country Gardens 2007 p64〕 Galbraith collected some of her ''Garden Lover'' articles and published them in 1939 as ''Garden in a Valley.〔 The species Prostanthera galbraithiae was named for Jean Galbraith as co-discover of the species and advocate for its protection. In 1936 she donated the first wildflower sanctuary in Victoria, established by the Native Plants Preservation Society of Victoria at Tyers, near Traralgon in Victoria's LaTrobe Valley.〔 She was recipient of the 1970 Australian Natural History Medallion In addition to poetry Jean Galbraith also wrote the lyrics for hymns, such as "O Christ our Lord whose beauty"〔(set to music by Ian Hyndman) in ''Hymns from Christadelphian Conferences and Youth Conferences,1957-1984''〕 "She held a deep Christian (Christadelphian) faith which sustained her at all times".〔Helen I. Aston. ''Jean Galbraith 28 March 1906-2 January 1999 A Tribute'' The Victorian naturalist, Volumes 116-118 1999 p73〕 ==Works== In all Jean Galbraith wrote ten books: Botany and gardening: * Wildflowers of Victoria 1967 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean Galbraith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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