Barbara Baynton
Australian writer (1857–1929) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Barbara Janet Baynton (née Lawrence; 4 June 1857 – 28 May 1929) was an Australian writer known primarily for her short stories about life in the bush. She published the collection Bush Studies (1902) and the novel Human Toll (1907), as well as writing for The Bulletin and The Sydney Morning Herald. She was a shrewd manager of her second husband's estate, owning properties in Melbourne and London. She acquired the title Lady Headley from her third marriage to Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley, but never wrote under that name.
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Born | Barbara Janet Lawrence (1857-06-04)4 June 1857 Scone, New South Wales, Australia |
Died | 28 May 1929(1929-05-28) (aged 71) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Australian |
Period | 19th century |
Spouse | Alexander Frater
(m. 1880; div. 1890)Thomas Baynton
(m. 1890; died 1904) |
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