Tasma, or Jessie Couvreur

Tasma, or Jessie Couvreur

Born Jessie Huybers in London in 1848, Tasma (as she later styled herself) came to Hobart, Australia, with her parents in 1852. Her family was apparently among the more prominent in Hobart, with their friends including successful author Louisa Meredith (1812-1895) and...
Elizabeth Charlotte Bingmann aka E C Morrice

Elizabeth Charlotte Bingmann aka E C Morrice

by Linda Emery More about the life and literary family of E C Morrice, a rediscovered Australian woman writer. In identifying E C Morrice as Elizabeth Charlotte Morrice of Browley, Moss Vale, Elizabeth Lhuede has helped pull together the strands of a story that gives...
Eliza Hamilton Dunlop

Eliza Hamilton Dunlop

by Whispering Gums An article on the Irish-born Australian poet, Eliza Hamilton Dunlop. Politically engaged in social justice issues, she was active in mid-nineteenth century literary circles, particularly in the Hunter region of New South Wales....