Product Description
Caroline Louisa Waring Atkinson (25 February 1834 – 28 April 1872) best known as Louisa Atkinson, was an early Australian writer, botanist and illustrator.
While she was well known for her fiction during her lifetime, her long-term significance rests on her botanical work.
She is regarded as a ground-breaker for Australian women in journalism and natural science.
We have produced a souvenir magnet featuring "Study of a Possum" c1860, Watercolour on Board.
The original artwork is part of The National Trust (NSW) collection, you will see the original at the exhibition, Enquiring Minds at Old Government House.