Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria
Australian National Herbarium
Biographical Notes
|
|
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria |
|
Plants collected by Miss O'Halloran in SA c.1894 are probably this person.
Born at O'Halloran Hill, SA, 1874; died in 1921.
One of two children, to a stipendiary magistrate, Thomas Joseph Shuldham O'Halloran (1835-1922), and Harriet Julia née Woodforde (b. c.1842).
Florence probably collected MEL specimens (as 'Miss O'Halloran') (algae) at Waterloo Bay and Moonta Bay, 1894.
Florence's father also collected MEL specimens.
In 1898, Florence married Herbert Algar Sweetapple (d.1921), and they had two children.
Florence died in 1921 in her 47th 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]