Given NameThistleLast NameSteadAlternative NameThistle HarrisBiography
Stead was appointed lecturer in biological sciences from 1938 to 1961. She was a former Sydney Teachers College student and held a science degree from University of Sydney. She later was to become a landscape architect. A leading conservationist, she published extensively after World War II on Australian flora.
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