Bussell, Charlotte Harriet (1858 - 1926)

Born WA, 6 June 1858; died at the Majestic Hotel in Perth in 1926 aged 68.

Married Donald N. MacLeod 1879, then lived at Nickol Bay until 1882, then in Vic; returned to Minilya Station until 1907.

Commemorated in Boronia.

Source: George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA. [consult for source references]

NOTE: Willis et al. cited 5 other Bussells—Frances Louisa (born 1851; died 1925), Edith (born 1854; d.?), Grace Vernon (born Busselton, W.A., 1860; died 7 Oct. 1935), Violet May (born 1 Sept. 1869; died 27 Mar. 1961), Filumena [Philomena] Mary (born 1876; died 1944)—but the only collection noted is by 'Miss Bussell', Geographe Bay, 1874 (PERTH).

Source: George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA. [consult for source references]

BUSSELL, CHARLOTTE HARRIET (LATER MRS MACLEOD)

Born in WA, the fifth of eleven children, to settlers Alfred Pickmore Bussell (1816-1882) and Ellen née Heppingstone (d.1877). The family ran the cattle stations 'Broadwater', and 'Ellensbrook' on the Margaret River, where they built 'Wallcliffe House'.

Charlotte collected MEL specimens at Geographe Bay, 1878, and 'Wallcliffe', n.d. Either she, or her sister, EDITH AGNES BUSSELL, collected the type of Boronia busselliana F.Muell. (1875), at Geographe Bay, named for 'Miss Bussell'. Charlotte's cousin JOSEPHINE BUSSELL also collected MEL specimens.

In 1879, Charlotte married Donald Norman McLeod (1848-1914) of 'Chiritta Station', Nicol Bay, and they had six sons and six daughters. Between 1882 and 1889 the family lived at 'Yannarie Estate' near Portland Vic., then returned to WA and lived at 'Minilya Station' near Carnarvon.

Charlotte died at the Majestic Hotel in Perth in 1926 aged 68.

Source: extracted from: Maroske, Sara and Vaughan, Alison (2014) 'Ferdinand Mueller's female plant collectors: a biographical register', Muelleria Vol.32 [consult for source references]