Caroline Louisa Waring Atkinson b. 25 February 1834

Also known as Louisa Atkinson, L. A., Louisa Calvert
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Colonial-era NSW naturalist writer and illustrator. Caroline Atkinson was the daughter of Charlotte Barton, author of 'A Mother's Offering to Her Children' (1841), the first children's book written and published in Australia. Atkinson herself was an accomplished writer whose work appeared in numerous publications including the Sydney Morning Herald, often accompanied with a sketch.
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