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

Resource ID
18968
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
Location
Journals No.26 , Sept 1990
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.