birth_date: 1857-06-04 00:00:00
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name: Barbara Baynton
about: 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 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 claimant to the throne of Albania. The marriage suffered issues early; Baynton spent her final years in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak. ...more
death_date: 1929-05-28 00:00:00