Rowena Birkett (1860–1915) was a scientific illustrator and artist from

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. Birkett worked extensively on 325 illustration plates for '' The Ornithology of Australia'' with

Silvester Diggles Silvester Diggles (24 January 1817 – 21 March 1880) was an Australian artist and musician of British origin, as well as being a noted amateur ornithologist and entomologist. Biography Diggles was born in Liverpool, Lancashire and married E ...

, Birkett's uncle.https://www.daao.org.au/bio/rowena-birkett/biography/

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Birkett, Rowena 1860 births 1915 deaths Australian scientific illustrators Australian women illustrators 19th-century Australian illustrators 20th-century Australian illustrators