Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria
Australian National Herbarium
Biographical Notes
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Born in Launceston, Tas., 20 May 1848; drowned in Cataract Gorge, Tas. 23 January 1889.
One of six children, to the merchant Philip Oakden (1784-1851), and Georgina nee Cowie (d.1889).
Emma collected MEL specimens around:
Launceston (incl. Cataract Gorge), 1885-1889;
Ross, 1885-1889, 1887, 1889;
George Town, 1885-1886;
Beaconsfield,
1886;
Macquarie River, 1886-1887; South Esk, 1886-1889;
Tamar River, 1886-1889;
Blythe River, 1887;
Distillery Creek,
1887-1888;
Mersey River, 1887;
North Esk River, 1887; and
Circular Head, Feb. 1888.
Emma drowned in Cataract Gorge in 1889 aged 51.
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]