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Ada Cambridge Ada Cambridge i(A24819 works by) (a.k.a. Ada Cambridge Cross)
Also writes as: Ada Cross ; Mrs Cross ; A. C.
Born: Established: 21 Nov 1844 St Germans, Norfolk,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 19 Jul 1926 Elsternwick, Caulfield - St Kilda area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Female
Heritage: English
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Details of Works Taught

Text Unit Name Institution Year
A Sweet Day Ada Cambridge , 1897 single work short story (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 13 August vol. 57 no. 1488 1898; (p. 33)
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of 19th Century Australian Literature 1993; (p. 151-163) 		Australian Literature University of New South Wales 2015 (Semester 1)
Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon A Woman's Friendship Ada Cambridge , 1889 single work novel satire (taught in 1 units) 'The grand Melbourne Exhibition of 1888 is a most agreeable place for Margaret Clive, a journalist’s wife, and Patty Kinnaird, married to a squatter, to pursue their ‘purely intellectual friendship’ with handsome, widowed and wealthy Seaton Macdonald ... The triangular relationship changes, however, when the women are house guests at Yattock, Macdonald’s magnificent country property - and unadmitted attractions begin to surface.

'In this gentle satire of class and sexuality, Ada Cambridge opens a window on Melbourne society of the 1880s and illuminates some important issues of the day - reform of dress and diet, the ‘marriage question’, socialism and women’s suffrage.' (Publication summary)
  		Writing Colonial Culture In Australia Macquarie University 2010 (Semester 2)
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