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Louisa Anne Meredith, Notes and Sketches of New South Wales (nonfiction extract)

Louisa Anne Meredith, Notes and Sketches of New South Wales (nonfiction extract)

by Stories from the Archive | Feb 25, 2022 | Nonfiction extract

by Louisa Anne Meredith (1812-1895) Extract from Notes and Sketches of New South Wales (1844), an autobiographical account of Meredith’s embarkation from England on her journey to the other side of the world. CHAPTER I. Embarkation—Indisposition—Pleasures of a...
Elizabeth Fenton, The Journal of Mrs. Fenton (extract)

Elizabeth Fenton, The Journal of Mrs. Fenton (extract)

by Stories from the Archive | Feb 11, 2022 | Nonfiction extract

by Elizabeth Fenton If the earliest women writers who lived in and wrote about Australia were correspondents, diarists and journal writers, among the earliest must be Mrs Elizabeth Fenton (1804-1875). Her journal, titled The Journal of Mrs. Fenton: a narrative of her...
Patsy Adam-Smith: Set with the Seal of Wanderlust

Patsy Adam-Smith: Set with the Seal of Wanderlust

by Robyn Greaves | May 31, 2017 | Article, Guest Posts

Continuing our series on classic and forgotten women writers, Dr Robyn Greaves features Patsy Adam-Smith who was born this day in 1924. Thanks, Robyn. Very few people these days have heard of Australian writer Patsy Adam-Smith (31 May, 1924 – 20 September,...
Writer Ernestine Hill (1899 – 1972): “A Pioneer of her Kind”

Writer Ernestine Hill (1899 – 1972): “A Pioneer of her Kind”

by Robyn Greaves | Jan 21, 2017 | Article, Guest Posts

For the first in our series of forgotten writers and classic books, Dr Robyn Greaves from the University of Tasmania writes on author Ernestine Hill who was born this day in 1899. Thanks, Robyn. Today, not many people have heard of Australian author Ernestine Hill. If...

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