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Biography of a German naturalist-collector who spent the years from 1863-1873 in Australia, gathering specimens of flora and fauna as well as Aboriginal artifacts for the wealthy owner of a private museum in Hamburg. The facts of her scientific life are painstakingly disentangled from the popular fiction heroine created by her daughter, Charitas Bischoff. Includes references, an appendix of letters, a bibliography and an index. The author is a writer and university lecturer in Los Angeles.Sumner, Ray is the author of 'Woman in the Wilderness : The Story of Amalie Dietrich', published 1993 under ISBN 9780868401973 and ISBN 0868401978.
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