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Baynton, Barbara (1857 - 1929)

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Writer

Born: 4 June 1857 Scone, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 28 May 1929 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Barbara Baynton was one of the first Australian short story writers to receive literary recognition abroad. She drew inspiration from her early existence in the harsh Australian bush.

Baynton published Bush Studies in 1902; Human Toll in 1907; and Cobbers in 1917.

Published Resources

See also

Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au. [ Details... ]
Radi, Heather (ed.), 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press, Sydney, 1988, 258 pp. (Also available at http://www.200australianwomen.com/) [ Details... ]

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Prepared by: Barbara Lemon
Created: 26 September 2008
Modified: 27 October 2008

Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site
Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info
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Updated: 23 December 2008
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