Clarke, Patricia

Patricia Clarke, journalist and historian, is the author of "A Colonial Woman", the biography of the pioneering Mary Braidwood Mowle 1827-1857, and "The Governesses", a rich insight into daily life in the Australian colonies in the mid-nineteenth century as seen through the eyes of governesses who travelled from England to take up posts with local families. She has also just completed "Her Brief, Bright Day" (forthcoming), the story of Louisa Atkinson, the first Australian-born woman novelist and a noted naturalist, and is compiling, with Dale Spender, a collection of letters and diaries writt...