Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria
Australian National Herbarium
Biographical Notes
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Born in Wangaratta, Vic. 1863, died in Maryborough, NSW, in 1905.
One of ten children, to David Evans (1836-1899) and Mary née Jones (c.1836-1897).
The Evans family moved to NSW c.1888 and took up 'North Merrowie Station'.
Mary collected MEL specimens at the sources of the Lachlan River, and the Darling River, 1888, and Hillston, 1888–1889.
Mary's mother, MARY EVANS, also collected MEL specimens.
In 1891, Mary married Dr William Francis Miller (1861-1938) of Maryborough, Vic. They had four children.
Mary died in 1905 in Maryborough in her 42nd year.
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]