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Edith Mervinia Masterman (1901–1998) [1] was an Australian writer, naturalist and illustrator, best known for her two illustrated books dedicated to the natural history of Kangaroo Island: Flinder's Chase, Kangaroo Island, South Australia: Place of enchantment for nature lovers (1950) [2] and Flinder's Chase Revisited, Kangaroo Island, South Australia: Nature-lovers' sanctuary (1972). [3] Masterman also gave public lectures on the subject. [4] [5] The Advertiser described her original 1950 work as "a charming book" [6] and columnist Eleanor Barbour described her as "an artist of no mean calibre" with a talent for "fluent descriptive writing". [7] The book was advertised and distributed nationally. [8] [9] [10] [11]
Masterman lobbied to maintain the boundaries and protections of Flinder's Chase National Park and was an advocate for nature education. [12]
Masterman lived at Undalya [12] with her husband John, an apiarist. They had a daughter on 11 May 1936, [13] and another on 9 February 1940. [14] She played an active role in the Associated Country Women of the World, gave talks on art to various Country Women's Association branches [15] and held informal art classes and sketching parties. [7] She died the same year as her husband. [1]
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Edith Mervinia Masterman (1901–1998) [1] was an Australian writer, naturalist and illustrator, best known for her two illustrated books dedicated to the natural history of Kangaroo Island: Flinder's Chase, Kangaroo Island, South Australia: Place of enchantment for nature lovers (1950) [2] and Flinder's Chase Revisited, Kangaroo Island, South Australia: Nature-lovers' sanctuary (1972). [3] Masterman also gave public lectures on the subject. [4] [5] The Advertiser described her original 1950 work as "a charming book" [6] and columnist Eleanor Barbour described her as "an artist of no mean calibre" with a talent for "fluent descriptive writing". [7] The book was advertised and distributed nationally. [8] [9] [10] [11]
Masterman lobbied to maintain the boundaries and protections of Flinder's Chase National Park and was an advocate for nature education. [12]
Masterman lived at Undalya [12] with her husband John, an apiarist. They had a daughter on 11 May 1936, [13] and another on 9 February 1940. [14] She played an active role in the Associated Country Women of the World, gave talks on art to various Country Women's Association branches [15] and held informal art classes and sketching parties. [7] She died the same year as her husband. [1]