Lilian Marguerite Medland

• Name — Lilian Marguerite Medland • Birth Name — Lilian Marguerite Medland • Born — 29 May 1880 • Birthplace — London, United Kingdom • Died — 16 December 1955 • Place of death — Queenscliffe, Australia • Field — Illustrator

Lilian Marguerite Medland was born on 29 May 1880 in London, England. She trained as a nurse at Guy's Hospital in London. In her late twenties, Medland became almost completely deaf as a result of an attack of diphtheria. Medland moved to Sydney, Australia, in 1923, the same year she married Tom Iredale. Lilian Medland's mother was Ada Emmeline Cranstone, niece of Lefevre James Cranstone. Ada Emmeline was a pupil at the school run by Lefevre James' wife, Lillia Messenger, in Hemel Hempstead, where Lefevre James taught art.

In 1925 Medland painted a series bird for the Australian Museum. The series of thirty species of birds was published as postcards. She illustrated a variety of books and articles, including plates for her husband's books.

• The Birds Of The British Isles Volumes I – V (London, 1906) • Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds (Melbourne, 1950) • Birds of New Guinea (Melbourne, 1956)

• Illustration — Weka bird species, National Library of Australia • Illustration — Kiwi bird species, National Library of Australia • Illustration — Plover bird species, National Library of Australia • Illustration — Heron, bittern and other bird species, National Library of Australia • Illustration — Parrot and parakeet bird species, National Library of Australia • Illustration — Quail, crake and rail bird species, National Library of Australia