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Rose Scott Cowen Rose Scott Cowen i(9277388 works by) (birth name: Annie Rose Scott Hamilton)
Born: Established: 24 Apr 1879 Barcoo River, Isisford - Windorah area, South West Queensland, Queensland, ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Crossing Dry Creeks: 1879 to 1919 Rose Scott Cowen , Sydney : The Wentworth Press , 1981 9277427 1981 single work autobiography

'Rose Scott Hamilton grew up on her family's sheep station, 'Tambo", on the Barcoo River, Queensland. She describes herself as 'a wild bush child', and what formal education she had was imparted to her by a succession of unfortunate governesses...' Source: Walsh, Kay and Hooton, Joy Australian Autobiographical Narratives : An Annotated Bibliography Volume 2: 1850-1900. Canberra, 1998:51)
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