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Stead, Thistle Yolette (1902–1990)

biologist, educator and wildlife preservationist

Thistle Stead photographing Milligania desniflora at Hartz Mountains National Park, 1965

Thistle Stead photographing Milligania desniflora at Hartz Mountains National Park, 1965

The Jack Thwaites Collection, Tasmanian Archives, NS3195/1/3218

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Thistle Stead photographing Milligania desniflora at Hartz Mountains National Park, 1965

Thistle Stead photographing Milligania desniflora at Hartz Mountains National Park, 1965

The Jack Thwaites Collection, Tasmanian Archives, NS3195/1/3218

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Alternative Names
  • Harris, Thistle Yolette
Birth

29 July, 1902
Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death

5 July, 1990 (aged 87)
Summer Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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