Wise, Lilian (Lillie) Millicent   (later Mrs Cater)   (1882 - 1965)

Born in Sale, Vic, 1882; died 1965.

One of at least three children, to a solicitor and politician, George Henry Wise (1853-1950), and Mary Thornton née Smith (c.1857-1939). Lilian attended the Ladies' High School in Sale. In 1894, she was described as 'a youthful disciple' of Alexander Purdie (1859-1905), a teacher at the Sale School of Mines, who also collected MEL specimens.

Lillie collected a MEL specimen at Sale, 1894.

Lillie's sister MAY WISE and friend MURIEL BENNETT also collected MEL specimens.

A paper called 'List of orchids collected near Sale' by May and Lilian Wise and Muriel Bennett was communicated to a meeting of the FNCV on 13 May 1895.

In 1920, Lillie married Jack Cater, and they had three children.

Lillie died in 1965 in her 83rd 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]