Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria
Australian National Herbarium
Biographical Notes
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Collections from 'Miss McKellar' in 1886 are probably this person.
Born in rural Australia in 1852; died in Melbourne, Vic. in 1936
Born, the eldest of four daughters, to pioneer settler Thomas McKellar (1819-1900) and Catherine McColl (c.1822-1904). The McKellars owned a succession of pastoral properties in Vic., SA, and Qld, including 'Raglan Station' in Qld, 1885-1898.
Jane probably collected MEL specimens (as 'Miss McKellar') at Raglan Creek, 1886.
She did not marry, and died in Melbourne in 1936 in her 84th 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]