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Estelle COMRIE-SMITH (1894 - 1953)
Author, Journalist, Naturalist, Photographer and Wildflower artist; Naturalist and Botanical artist
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Peter Boyne THOMSON (1918 - )
George Comrie THOMSON (1920 - 1942)
Joan Beatrice THOMSON (1923 - )
 Estelle COMRIE-SMITH (1894 - 1953)

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Aubrey Friedrich Rudolf VON STIEGLITZ THOMSON (1890 - 1948)
 George COMRIE-SMITH (1860 - 1942) John COMRIE-SMITH (1827 - )



Matha (COMRIE-SMITH) (1829 - )



Florence Ethel THOMSON (1868 - 1957) Hugh THOMSON (1839 - ) James THOMSON (1800 - )
Mary Ann (THOMSON) (1802 - )
Annie Mary MACTAGGART (1846 - ) Peter Laurie MACTAGGART (1806 - 1873)
Jemima BURROWS (1822 - 1907)
Aubrey Friedrich Rudolf VON STIEGLITZ THOMSON
Aubrey Friedrich Rudolf VON STIEGLITZ THOMSON
b. 1894 at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
m. abt 1917 Aubrey Friedrich Rudolf VON STIEGLITZ THOMSON (1890 - 1948) at Scotland
d. 06 Sep 1953 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia aged 59
Near Relatives of Estelle COMRIE-SMITH (1894 - 1953)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather John COMRIE-SMITH abt 1827 Stirlingshire, Scotland
Grandmother Matha (COMRIE-SMITH) abt 1829 St Ninaim, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Grandfather Hugh THOMSON abt 1839 Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Grandmother Annie Mary MACTAGGART abt 1846 Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Father in Law Edgar Boyne VON STIEGLITZ 01 Jul 1847 Tasmania, Australia 29 Jul 1918 Clayfield, Queensland, Australia 71
Mother in Law Eleanor Beatrice Stanley TURNER 10 Jul 1860 Great Boughton, Cheshire, England 09 Dec 1942 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia 82

Father George COMRIE-SMITH abt 1860 Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland 01 May 1942 Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia 82
Mother Florence Ethel THOMSON abt Jun 1868 Prescott, Lancashire, England 1957 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 89

Self Estelle COMRIE-SMITH 1894 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 06 Sep 1953 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 59

Husband Aubrey Friedrich Rudolf VON STIEGLITZ THOMSON 24 Aug 1890 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia 11 Dec 1948 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 58

Son Peter Boyne THOMSON 01 Nov 1918 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Son George Comrie THOMSON 19 Jun 1920 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 16 Sep 1942 Essen, Germany 22
Daughter Joan Beatrice THOMSON 14 Apr 1923 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Brother Norman C COMRIE-SMITH abt 1899
Brother George Stuart COMRIE-SMITH 1904 Lanarkshire, Scotland

Uncle Hugh COMRIE-SMITH abt 1859 Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Aunt Margaret COMRIE-SMITH abt 1864
Aunt Mary M COMRIE-SMITH abt 1871
Uncle Ernest C THOMSON abt 1867 Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Aunt Beatrice E THOMSON abt 1870 Aysburth, Lancashire, England

Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Edgar VON STIEGLITZ 1976
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Living or Recently Deceased

Brother in Law Edgar Walter Thomson VON STIEGLITZ 19 Feb 1882 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 1960 Queensland, Australia 78
Brother in Law Francis Lewis Altmore VON STIEGLITZ 10 Sep 1883 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 12 Apr 1938 Sandgate, Queensland, Australia 54
Sister in Law Constance Berrl Beatrice VON STIEGLITZ 08 Dec 1885 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 05 Oct 1899 Wombo Forest, Queensland, Australia 13
Brother in Law Leslie Oscar VON STIEGLITZ 16 Mar 1887 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 12 May 1965 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 78
Brother in Law Chelmers Roy St.Clair VON STIEGLITZ 08 Mar 1895 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 23 Mar 1971 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 76
Sister in Law Doris Karine SCHLUTER 1983 Queensland, Australia
Events in Estelle COMRIE-SMITH (1894 - 1953)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1894 Estelle COMRIE-SMITH was born Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1901 7 Census Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Scotland
abt 1917 23 Married Aubrey Friedrich Rudolf VON STIEGLITZ THOMSON (aged 27) Scotland
01 Nov 1918 24 Birth of son Peter Boyne THOMSON Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Source: Service Record
19 Jun 1920 26 Birth of son George Comrie THOMSON Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Note 1 18
14 Apr 1923 29 Birth of daughter Joan Beatrice THOMSON Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Source: Service Record
01 May 1942 48 Death of father George COMRIE-SMITH (aged 82) Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia 9059/1942
16 Sep 1942 48 Death of son George Comrie THOMSON (aged 22) Essen, Germany 18
11 Dec 1948 54 Death of husband Aubrey Friedrich Rudolf VON STIEGLITZ THOMSON (aged 58) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
06 Sep 1953 59 Estelle COMRIE-SMITH died Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 1953/B045273
Note 1: Source: World War II Nominal Roll
Personal Notes:
Trove Extract (Australian Women's Register)
Estelle Thomson was a member of the Queensland Naturalists' Club, contributing flowers, paintings and drawings to the club's annual wildflower show. She published Flowers of Our Bush (1929), a guide to Queensland wildflowers, which described and illustrated coastal species. From 1929 to the 1930s Estelle ran a weekly 'Wildflowers' column in the Brisbane Courier, illustrated by her own line drawings. This was followed by her column 'Nature's Ways' in the Telegraph which she maintained until 1950. Additionally, Thomson lectured at women's clubs and schools, illustrating her lectures with delicately hand-coloured lantern slides. During the 1940s Estelle gave a series of children's talks on wildflowers on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and produced a series of paintings of poisonous plants for the University of Queensland's Medical School. She deposited specimens in the Queensland Herbarium, including some collected on the Granite Belt and at Caloundra. Estelle was also an expert on Queensland birds.

Estelle Thomson was the daughter of George Comrie-Smith, photographer and artist, and Ethel, nee Thomson. Both her parents were keen naturalists. Estelle's early love of nature was inspired by family visits to the Scottish Highlands and the Lakes District of Cumberland. She was educated at Calder House School at Seascale, Cumberland, and later at a school of physical culture at Dartford, Kent. Estelle was a teacher of physical culture and eurhythmics before her marriage in Glasgow in 1917 to her second cousin, the Queensland surveying engineer Aubrey Frederick Thomson (formerly von Stieglitz), then serving with the Australian Army in Europe during the First World War.

In 1919 Estelle and Aubrey Thomson arrived in Brisbane, later to be followed by her parents. They settled on a farm, Wombo, at Eight Mile Plains south of Brisbane, where they raised poultry and small crops until forced to abandon the venture in 1923. The then unspoilt bush of Eight Mile Plains made a lasting impression on Estelle and she became an active member of the Queensland Naturalists' Club from the 1920s. Estelle was vice-president in 1929-30 and president in 1930-31. She was to spend the rest of her life awakening public appreciation of Australian wildflowers, while also raising her four children.

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Brisbane Courier 4 Oct 1929
It was suggested that a letter be written to Mrs. Estelle Thomson congratulating her on the publication of her book.
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