Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria
Australian National Herbarium
Biographical Notes
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Born in London, c.1850; died in Minyip, Vic., in 1934.
One of at least six children, to James Herman Ryland and Annie née Livingstone. The family migrated to Victoria and took up farming at Minyip.
Annie responded to a call for collectors placed by Mueller in the Leader, and collected (numbered) MEL specimens at Minyip, 1879.
Annie's father also collected MEL specimens.
In 1897, Annie married Charles Walliss.
She died in Minyip in 1934 aged 84.
One letter from Annie to Mueller survives.
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]