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#18968 - A visitor in the district: Louisa Atkinson at the Murrumbidgee, Monaro and Molonglo

Resource ID
Location
18968
Journals 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.