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Ida Lee Ida Lee (A5902 works by) (a.k.a. Ida Louisa Lee; Ida Marriott; Mrs Charles Bruce Marriott)
Born: Established: 11 Feb 1865 Kelso, Bathurst area, Bathurst - Orange area, Central West NSW, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 3 Oct 1943 Norwich, Norfolk,

England,

United Kingdom (UK),

Western Europe, Europe,

Gender: Female

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Poet and historian Ida Lee was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Australian Historical Society. In addition to two volumes of poetry, she wrote numerous historical works on the early period of British settlement in Australia and the exploration of the region.

For further details, see the Australian Dictionary of Biography entry for Ida Lee.

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In addition to her poetry, Ida Lee was a significant historian of the early Australian colonial period. A number of her historical works are included on Project Gutenberg Australia.
The following works are outside AustLit's scope. Links (where included) are to the Project Gutenberg Australia copy:
Books:
- The Coming of the British to Australia 1788 to 1829 (1906)
- Commander Sir John Hayes (1912)
- The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson (1915)
- Captain Bligh's Second Voyage to the South Sea (1920)
- Early Explorers in Australia (1925)
- The Voyage of the 'Caroline' from England to Van Dieman's Land and Batavia (1927)
Articles:
- 'The First Sighting of Australia by the English', The Geographical Journal, April 1934.

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