Susan Fereday

Susan Fereday ( Apthorpe) (1815, Leicestershire, England – 21 October 1878, Sale, Victoria, Australia) was an algologist, botanical illustrator, artist and Sunday school teacher who made scientifically significant collections of botany specimens in Tasmania, Australia. She was also a talented artist known for her accurate paintings of the local flora of Tasmania.

Life

Fereday was born Susan Georgina Marianne Apthorpe in Leicestershire, England in 1815, to Freder Apthorp and Susan Athorp, née Hubbard. She married John Fereday in London on 29 December 1836 and emigrated with her husband to Australia aboard the Aden on 5 November 1845. She was part of the Tasmanian contingent of this exhibition alongside fellow botanical artist Louisa Anne Meredith.

Family Fereday married her husband the Reverend John Fereday in 1837 and had six children with him. She moved to Sale, Victoria to live with her daughter and son-in-law after John's death in 1871.

Works Sketchbook 1831-1834, Germany, Italy etc, National Library of Australia

/ [Susan Fereday], National Library of Australia

Scrap book and sketches, National Library of Australia