Margaret Forrest
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Lady Forrest (October 22 1844–June 13 1929), born Margaret Elvire Hamersley, was the wife of Sir John Forrest. She was a founding member of the en:Wilgie Club, which was possibly the first artists' society in Western Australia, and in 1896 became also a founding member of the West Australian Society of Arts. She was an accomplished painter of wildflowers. She also collected specimens for Ferdinand von Mueller.
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Margaret Forrest in her wedding dress