Barbara Baynton

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Barbara Baynton

Barbara Jane Baynton (born June 4, 1857 in Scone , New South Wales , † May 28, 1929 in Melbourne ) was an Australian writer .

Life

She was born the daughter of a carpenter and was employed as a governess . From 1887 she lived in Sydney and worked there for the magazine The Bulletin . She later moved to England . Here she married for the third time in 1921. Frequent trips also took her to Australia .

She wrote short stories and a novel.

Works

  • The Chosen Vessel
  • Bush Studies , 1902
  • Human Toll , 1907
  • Cobbers , 1917

literature

  • Hans Petersen, Barbara Baynton in Australian storytellers from Marcus Clarke to Patrick White , Verlag Volk und Welt Berlin, 1984, page 541.
personal data
SURNAME Baynton, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baynton, Barbara Jane (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Scone , New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1929
Place of death Melbourne