Brooks, Sarah T. (1850 - 1928)

Born on board ship, Plymouth, England, on 19 September 1850, died in Norseman, Western Australia, on 23 September 1928.

Arrived with her family in Victoria in 1851, and moved to Western Australia in 1873. In 1883 she was recruited by Mueller as a collector, and collected for him until his death in 1896. Her collections are from the Israelite Bay-Mt Ragged-Pine Hill district Western Australia, and can be found in MEL.

Extracted from: A.E.Orchard (1999) A History of Systematic Botany in Australia, in Flora of Australia Vol.1, 2nd ed., ABRS. [consult for source references]