Lilian Wooster Greaves

Lilian Wooster Greaves (21 December 1869– 28 January 1956) was a Western Australian botanist and poet.

She was born in Ballarat, Victoria where her father was lecturer of botany at the Federation University Australia.^[1] She married John William Greaves in 1893 in Ballarat ^[2] Her children Mabel and Grace were born in Victoria.

Her family moved to Western Australia in 1904, and at different stages lived in Wongan Hills, Mundaring, Cottesloe, and Leederville during the first world war. The last place of residence was in Como.

She was a member of the Women Writers Club and representative of the Institute of British Poetry in Western Australia.^[3]

Her poetry was regularly published in local newspapers and magazines^[4][5]

During the First World War she wrote patriotic verses and songs ^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Some post war poetry suggests a loss in her family during the war ^[11]

Her papers are in the Battye Library private archives ^[12]

Books of poetry

• Greaves, Lilian Wooster (1903), Poems by Lilian (an Australian poetess) (1st ed.), G. Baker Walker, retrieved 11 October 2012
• Greaves, Lilian Wooster (1906), The two doves and other poems, Upham & Williams, retrieved 11 October 2012
• Greaves, Lilian Wooster (1910), Roses in rain : and other poems, The Swan Express, retrieved 11 October 2012 - reprinted in 1914
• Greaves, Lilian Wooster (1927), Wongan way, [L.W. Greaves?], retrieved 11 October 2012 - also in an illustrated edition, combined with a booklet about wildflowers - Greaves, Lilian Wooster; Greaves, Lilian Wooster, 1869-1956. West Australian wild flowers; Greaves, Lilian Wooster, 1869-1956. Wongan way (1927), Wongan way, Imperial Printing, retrieved 11 October 2012 (separate edition as:Greaves, Lilian Wooster (1927), West Australian wild flowers, Imperial Printing, retrieved 11 October 2012

References

1. "MRS. LILIAN WOOSTER GREAVES.". Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 6 June 1926. p. 1 Section: Fourth Section. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
2. http://www.greathead.org/greathead2-o/p938.htm
3. Grono, William, 1934- (1988), Margins : a west coast selection of poetry, 1829-1988, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, ISBN 978-0-949206-37-4 - short biographical notes on page 335
4. "New Thoughts.". Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 21 April 1921. p. 31. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
5. James, Ruth Marchant (1984), Notes on Lilian Wooster Greaves, Ruth Marchant James], retrieved 11 October 2012
6. Beetham, Amy Melville; Greaves, Lilian Wooster, 1869-1956 (1915), Hang on, Australia!, S.T. Upham, retrieved 11 October 2012
7. Hancey, Jessie; Greaves, Lilian Wooster, 1869-1956 (1900), Australia beloved, Austral Music Pub. Co, retrieved 11 October 2012
8. Furlong, W. R; Greaves, Lilian Wooster, 1869-1956 (1920), Let us wear white, W.R. Furlong, retrieved 11 October 2012
9. Greaves, Lilian Wooster (1915), The road to glory : a patriotic souvenir from Western Australia, S.T. Upham, retrieved 11 October 2012
10. The Road to glory reviewed - "THE ROAD TO GLORY.". Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 3 December 1915. p. 45. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
11. "Remembrance.". Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 22 April 1926. p. 31. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
12. Greaves, Lilian Wooster (1894), Papers, retrieved 11 October 2012