Janet Cosh collection

Janet Cosh was born in 1901 in Sydney, NSW and was educated at Normanhurst School for Girls and the University of Sydney before beginning a career as a teacher at Normanhurst. Later in life Janet Cosh settled in the Southern Highlands, near Moss Vale and developed an interest in botany and conservation and undertook extensive field work in the local area. On her death, Janet Cosh bequeathed funds and resources towards the establishment of a regional herbarium which was eventually located at the Keiraville campus of the University of Wollongong.

The collection consists of correspondence between Janet Cosh and various benefactors of her will including correspondence with the University of Wollongong and Wollongong City Council about the establishment of the Herbarium in Wollongong.