Barbara Baynton was unique among Australian women writers at the turn of the century. She wrote about the other side of the romanticised bush life of the Australian legend - of the harsh realities endured by women in Australia at that time.While her short stories, poems and a novel do reflect aspects of her own experiences, there was much more to Barbara Baynton's life than the outback.In this fascinating and candid biography, her great-grand-daughter, Penne Hackforth-Jones, reveals an extraordinary and sometimes cautionary tale as Barbara Baynton makes a remarkable transition from poverty to riches.Barbara tackled life with energy and humour. She was independent, outspoken and generous, flamboyant and flawed, vigorous and original - and above all, Australian. Her dilemma as an Australian inseparable from her country and restless within it, is a familiar one.

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'A delightful blend of solid research and narrative writing' -- Dale Spender, Melbourne Herald

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