Vera Scarth-Johnson

Vera Scarth-Johnson
Born1912 
Morley 
Died19 May 1999  (aged 86–87)
OccupationBotanical illustrator, botanist 
Awards
  • Medal of the Order of Australia (For service to art as a watercolour artist specialising in the native flora of Cooktown and the Endeavour River region of Queensland., Vera Elizabeth SCARTH-JOHNSON, 1996) 

Vera Scarth-Johnson OAM (1912 – 19 May 1999) was a noted botanist and botanical illustrator who is also remembered for her continual efforts to teach others to treasure the flora and environment of Australia and, in particular, the botanically rich region of Cooktown and the Endeavour River Valley, on Cape York Peninsula, in far northern Queensland.

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