Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria
Australian National Herbarium
Biographical Notes
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Born in Hobart, Tas., 7 August 1844; died on Clarke Island, Tas, 28 February 1897.
Born in Hobart, Tas., to George Salier and Ann Georgiana née Bush (c.1821-1845). In 1870, Emily married a pastoralist, John Joseph Hone Maclaine (1833-1909), and they had nine children. The family held leases on Clarke, Flinders, Preservation and Passage Islands in the Furneaux Group.
Emily collected MEL specimens (including algae and lichens) at Preservation and Clarke Islands, 1891-1894. Her husband also collected MEL specimens.
In 1897, Emily died on Clarke Island aged 53.
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]