AustLit

Cowan argues that 'a sample of the literature written by the Scots since the arrival of the First Fleet shows the powerful contribution of its people to Australian cultural life, particularly to its enrichment of Australian literature'. Supporting her case, Cowan cites such writers as Thomas Watling, John Dunmore Lang, Catherine Helen Spence, Catherine Martin, Will Ogilvie, Alexander Forbes, W. H. Lang, Frederick Howard and Les Murray.