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Katherine Kirkland
Australian colonist, squatter and memoirist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Katherine Kirkland (23 February 1808 – 10 June 1892) was an Australian colonist, squatter and memoirist who was born in Glasgow. She is known for the accounts she wrote of her few years in Australia when she was the first European woman at Trawalla near Beaufort, Victoria.
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Katherine Kirkland | |
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![]() Home in 1839 in Trawalla[1] | |
Born | Katherine Hamilton (1808-02-23)23 February 1808 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Died | (1892-06-10)10 June 1892 Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | settler |
Known for | her diary |
Spouse | Kenneth William Kirkland |
Children | three |
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