today which are held in the Botanical Gardens in Sydney. Publications Flockton published various books of her own during her lifetime such as a small volume "Lichens" and "Australian Wildflowers" (1908) illustrated with her coloured lithographs. She also produced the wildflower borders for butterfly studies in "Scenic Gems of Australia" by Dr Riches. Much later in life she wrote and illustrated "Children's Stories - Little Stories of Little People", describing the life-history of plants and insects, but which remained unpublished. Private Life Margaret lived with her parents for most of her life. She was always close with family, especially her sisters. She remained unmarried her entire life and never had children of her own. However, she was like a mother to her nieces and nephews, especially after her father’s death in 1901 when the household became three-generational. Although underpaid compared with her male colleagues, Flockton managed to buy a private cottage ‘Tulagi’ at Tennyson where she lived after her mother’s death in 1917 and remained until her own death in 1953. Death and legacy Flockton died on August 12, 1953 shortly before her 92nd birthday. Although she was well known in her day, after her death, Flockton was largely forgotten for nearly half of a century. This was largely due to her work being closed off to the general public and only accessible within small scientific circles. In 2003, she was rediscovered by two botanical artists at Sydney’s Royal Botanical Gardens named Catherine Wardrop and Lesley Elkan. They gave a speech about Flockton and her cause at an International Women’s Day lunch. Their speech led to the establishment of an award for scientific botanical illustrations in her honor in 2004. A couple of years later, her award began attracting entries worldwide. The Margaret Flockton Art Award, now the Margaret Flockton Award, with two prizes of A$5000 and A$2000 are awarded annually for excellence in botanical illustration.[7][8] This commemorates the contributions she made to botanical illustrations in Australia. Flockton Place in the Canberra suburb of Chisholm is named in her honour.[9] A Fragrant Memory A biography of Margaret Flockton was released in 2016. It was written by her great great niece Louise Wilson who began working on it in 2004. To learn about her ‘Aunt Mog’, Wilson began taking private trips to Sydney and London. Her work was dependent upon stories from family and friends about her aunt that she was