A list of 19th century Australian women novelists. Notes below.
Caroline Atkinson
Barbara Baynton
Kathleen Caffyn
Ada Cambridge
Jessie Catherine Couvreur
Céleste de Chabrillan
Matilda Jane Evans
Mary Fortune
(Interesting bio)
Mary Gaunt
Mary Grimstone
Caroline Leakey
*Jessie Georgina Lloyd
*Lauretta Luffman
Catherine Martin
*Eliza O’Flaherty
- Biography
- Read
Ethel Pedley
Rosa Praed
Catherine Helen Spence
Mary Theresa Vidal
My criteria for inclusion was born before 1870 or died before 1899, and published before 1899 so I’ve missed some of the better known ones, and Australian can be based on birth or residence.
I did skip some women who wrote some fiction but aren’t really known as novelists (like Louisa Meredith, who is better known for her artwork and I couldn’t her fiction online). For some of those I did include, I was unable to find online copies of their novels/or their best known work, or the copy was a poor quality. These are marked with a *
I would like to add a link to a list of works where possible, when I have more time.
Suggestions for additions (allowing for the above) and better links are welcome.