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Louisa Atkinson Louisa Atkinson i(A12823 works by) (birth name: Caroline Louisa Waring Atkinson) (a.k.a. Caroline Calvert)
Also writes as: Louisa Calvert ; An Australian Lady ; A Voice from the Country ; L. A. ; L. C. ; A Country Housemother
Born: Established: 25 Feb 1834 Oldbury, Moss Vale - Marulan area, Southern Highlands - Southern Tablelands, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 28 Apr 1872 Oldbury, Moss Vale - Marulan area, Southern Highlands - Southern Tablelands, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

First Australian-born woman novelist. Also a noted naturalist and natural history artist.

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Affiliation Notes

  • Australian Colonial Narrative Journalism:

    Louisa Atkinson was a writer, illustrator and botanist who wrote natural history sketches for the Sydney Morning Herald from 1859. According to Patricia Clarke (1988), she was the first woman in Australia to contribute a regular column to a capital city newspaper. Her sketches were published in the  Sydney Morning Herald under the title “Voice from the Country” and were ‘written in a clear, factual, journalistic style’ (Clarke, 40). They were republished in the weekly Sydney Mail. From 1864 to 1870, she also contributed regularly to Horticultural Magazine.

    Selected Articles:

    Bibliography:

    Clarke, Patricia (1988) Pen Portraits: Women Writers and Journalists in Nineteenth Century Australia, Allen & Unwin, Sydney

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