Thistle Stead

Thistle Yolette Harris
Born	29 July 1902 Sydney, Australia
Died	5 July 1990 Summer Hill, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Fields	Botany
Institutions	Sydney Teachers' College University of Sydney Sydney Technical College
Alma mater	University of Sydney University of New South Wales University of Melbourne
Notable awards	Australian Natural History Medallion (1963) Honorary Doctorate of Science by the University of Wollongong (1985)

Sydney Teachers' College University of Sydney

University of Sydney University of New South Wales

Australian Natural History Medallion (1963)

Thistle Yolette Harris (born 29 July 1902 and died 5 July 1990), also known as Thistle Stead, was an Australian botanist, educator, author and conservationist. She was one of three daughters born to Charles Thomas Harris and Illma Richardson Harris (née Rokes). She was educated at Redlands School SCECGS Redlands, Cremorne, where she was taught by the English teacher, Constance Le Plastrier (1864-1938), who was a member of the Naturalists Society of New South Wales and co-author of Botany for Australian Students (1916), and helped foster Harris' interest in native plants. Harris died in 1990 at a nursing home in Summer Hill, New South Wales.

Harris studied botany at the University of Sydney, graduating with a degree in botany in 1924 followed by a diploma of education in 1925 from Sydney Teachers College. After several years as a science teacher in secondary schools, she became a lecturer in science education at Sydney Teachers' College (1938–61). In 1945 she was awarded a Master of Education degree from the University of Melbourne and studied for a Diploma in Landscape Design at the University of New South Wales between 1968 and 1969. Harris later featured her efforts to revegetate the mine-workings at the Central Mine of the Sulphide Corporation in her book Australian Plants for the Garden (1953). Harris also lectured on Biological Science at University of Sydney and on Botany at Sydney Technical College.

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