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This amazing pioneer for women in horticulture was the second woman in Australia to earn a doctorate in Science.  She was the first appointed woman to be appointed by the Australian Government.  And she was an integral part of the destruction of the prickly pear epidemic.  

https://thedailygardener.org/otb20210311/

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/whitehaney-rose-ethel-janet-jean-12015

https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000892b.htm

https://www.anzacsquare.qld.gov.au/stories/prickly-problem-dr-jean-white-haney-and-prickly-pear

www.acgr.edu.au - information on Georgina Sweet.

https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/prickly-problem-dr-jean-white-haney-and-prickly-pear

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/53428612

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