User:Myosotisx13/Edith Coleman

Coleman joined the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria on 11 September 1922. She published over 350 popular and scientific articles from that time onwards in The Victorian Naturalist as well as newspapers and magazines. She published a singular book in her career about her observations on Victorian Wattles. She made significant scientific contributions to the study of many Australian species, including orchids, mistletoe, spiders, insects, birds and fish as well as papers on herbs, gardening and history.

Coleman was awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion in 1949. She became the first woman in history to ever receive this honour.