Annabella’s botanical watercolours

Annabella Innes was a talented watercolourist, with a great interest in painting wild flowers. As with most girls her age and class, she learnt to paint by copying illustrations from books or paintings by her governess. But Annabella disliked this method, preferring to paint directly from nature.

Take a closer look at the watercolours to see the Port Macquarie plants depicted and to read excerpts from Annabella’s journal.