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(a.k.a.
Baynton, Barbara Jane; Lawrence, Barbara Janet Ainsleigh; Kilpatrick, Barbara; Frater, Barbara; Headley, Lady; Agda
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Born: 4 Jun 1857 Scone, New South Wales
Died: 28 May 1929 Toorak, Victoria
Gender: Female
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Full biographical information is only available to AustLit Subscribers. A truncated and unformatted biographical extract follows: Barbara Baynton was the seventh child of Elizabeth (nee Ewart) and John Lawrence. Her claim that she was illegitimate had its origins in the long de facto relationship her mother had with Robert Kilpatrick, whom Elizabeth married in 1862. In Barbara Baynton: Between Two Worlds (1989), Penne Hackforth-Jones speculates that Baynton and her siblings were all illegitimate. Discrepancies appear in statements made by Baynton and some editions of her work refer to her simply as born 'to Irish imm....To gain full access to the AustLit database become a subscriber. |
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23 Sep 2008