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Ellis Rowan Ellis Rowan i(A46931 works by) (birth name: Marian Ellis Ryan) (a.k.a. Marian Ellis Rowan; Mrs F. C. Rowan; Mrs Rowan)
Born: Established: 30 Jul 1848 Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 4 Oct 1922 Macedon, Gisborne - Woodend area, Sunbury - Kyneton area, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Female
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1 3 y separately published work icon Ellis Rowan's Fairy World Susan Hall , Ellis Rowan (illustrator), Canberra : National Library of Australia , 2009 Z1585765 2009 single work picture book children's

'Ellis Rowan's wonderful paintings have a special secret to share. Can you spot the fairies and elves hiding among the flowers? What do you think they look like? Lift the flap and find out! As well as enjoying the beautiful pictures and charming rhymes in 'Ellis Rowan's Fairy World', you can also read some fascinating facts about these flowering plants.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)
1 Marian Ellis Rowan (1891) Ellis Rowan , 2003 extract autobiography (A Flower-Hunter in Queensland and New Zealand)
— Appears in: Venus in Transit : Australia's Women Travellers 1788 - 1930 2003; (p. 193-202)
1 y separately published work icon The Flower Hunter : Ellis Rowan Patricia Fullerton , Canberra : National Library of Australia , 2002 Z1437243 2002 single work biography

'Ellis Rowan - painter, naturalist, writer and explorer - was an extraordinary woman for her era. Petite, plucky and always dressed immaculately, for almost 50 years she travelled to the remote parts of Australia, India, Europe, America and New Guinea in pursuit of exotic flowers and wildlife to paint. Over 3000 works testify to her prodigious output...which was internationally acclaimed and collected by royalty. For all her accolades, however, Rowan's reputation was contentious, even after her death. It is hoped that [this publication and associated exhibition] will help establish her rightful place in Australian art.' (Source: back cover)
1 Pick of the Bunch Jane Cadzow , 2002 single work biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 19 October 2002; (p. 39-42)
1 y separately published work icon Little Book of Flowers Della Thomas , Wendy Mehnert (editor), Canberra : National Library of Australia , 2002 Z979345 2002 anthology poetry Following the great success of the Little Book of Birds, the National Library further enhances its range of publications with this Little Book of Flowers. Superb poems by writers such as Henry Lawson, Judith Wright, Kenneth Slessor and David Campbell are accompanied by beautiful botanical images by Ellis Rowan - all drawn from the Library's Pictorial Collection. (Source: inside back cover)
1 y separately published work icon Ellis Rowan : A Flower-Hunter in Queensland Judith McKay , South Brisbane : Queensland Museum , 1990 Z1080641 1990 single work biography
1 y separately published work icon Australia's Brilliant Daughter, Ellis Rowan : Artist, Naturalist, Explorer, 1848-1922 Margaret Hazzard , Richmond : Greenhouse Publications , 1984 Z1438556 1984 single work biography
1 Herbert River 19th Century Life : From Contemporary Accounts R. L. Shepherd , Ellis Rowan , 1976 single work biography correspondence Rowan recounts her experiences of her 1890 visit to Mackanade Plantation in Ingham in letters to her husband. Shepherd provides brief biographical details of Rowan's life.
1 y separately published work icon Mrs Ellis Rowan and Her Contributions to Australian Art and Science Henry A. Tardent , Brisbane : Watson Ferguson , 1927 Z1437147 1927 single work biography
1 An Adventure with a Crocodile Ellis Rowan , 1911 extract autobiography travel (A Flower-Hunter in Queensland and New Zealand)
— Appears in: The School Paper for Class IV , March no. 152 1911; (p. 31-32) Mrs Ellis Rowan recounts trying to cross a flooded river infested with crocodiles and her near escape when faced with one.
1 Liberty and Peril Ellis Rowan , Jack Sommers (illustrator), 1909 extract children's fiction (Bill Baillie : His Life and Adventures)
— Appears in: School Paper for Classes V and VI , April no. 117 1909; (p. 43-47)
3 3 y separately published work icon Bill Baillie : His Life and Adventures Ellis Rowan , Melbourne : Whitcombe and Tombs , 1908 Z953848 1908 single work children's fiction children's Bill the bilboa is found by Tom, a prospector on his way to Laverton, Western Australia. Tom entrusts the care of small animal to an artist called Tabitha. raised by a flower painter called Tabitha who takes him to Melbourne.
1 y separately published work icon A Flower-Hunter in Queensland and New Zealand Ellis Rowan , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1898 Z1437100 1898 single work autobiography travel
1 Ellis Rowan : A Flower Hunter in Queensland Ellis Rowan , 1891 single work autobiography
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