Barbara Baynton

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Barbara Baynton


Born
in Scone, Australia
June 04, 1857

Died
May 28, 1929


The child of Irish immigrants to Australia, Baynton promoted a version of her birth as the daughter of minor nobility. Her literary career began after her second marriage in 1890, to a retired surgeon twice her age. Baynton's short stories challenged the traditional 19th century view of colonial life in the Australian outback, by raising the plight of women and the dispossessed. The short story collection "Bush Studies" is routinely studied in Australian schools.

After the death of her husband, Baynton invested in the stock market and became chairman of the Law Book Company of Australasia, during which time she published her only novel, "Human Toll".

In 1921, Baynton married her third husband, the 5th Baron Headley, a convert to Islam and a
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Bush Studies

3.34 avg rating — 303 ratings — published 1902 — 70 editions
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The Chosen Vessel

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The Squeaker's Mate

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Human Toll

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