Frederica Lucy "Rica" Erickson AM, née
Sandilands, (10 August 1908 – 8 September 2009) was an Australian
naturalist,
botanical artist, historian, author and teacher. Without any formal scientific training, she wrote extensively on
botany and birds, as well as
genealogy and general history. Erickson authored ten books, co-authored four, was editor of twelve, and author or co-author of numerous papers and articles that have been printed in popular, scientific and encyclopaedic publications.