#18968 - A visitor in the district: Louisa Atkinson at the Murrumbidgee, Monaro and Molonglo
- Resource IDLocation
- 18968Journals No.26 , Sept 1990
- Title/subtitle
- A visitor in the district: Louisa Atkinson at the Murrumbidgee, Monaro and Molonglo
- Author/Creator
- Clarke, Patricia
- Format
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Canberra & District Historical Society
- Summary
- In 1871 Atkinson and Calvert journeyed through the Molonglo, Michelago and Monaro districts which she described in articles for the Sydney Morning Herald
- Availability
- Not for loan. Copies available for purchase.
- Notes
- Louisa Atkinson was the first Australian-born woman novelist. In 1869 she married James Calvert who owned land at Cavan on the Murrumbidgee.
