Caroline Louisa Waring Atkinson b. 25 February 1834

Also known as Louisa Atkinson, L. A., Louisa Calvert
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  • Artist (Painter)
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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child of
Charlotte Barton
1797
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
S. T. Gill
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child of
James Atkinson
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associate of
Dr William Woolls
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spouse of
James Snowden Calvert
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grandparent of
Janet Cosh
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associate of
Edmond Thomas
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child of
Charlotte Barton
1834
Artist (Draughtsman)
Known as Louisa
associate of
Walter Mason
1834
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker)
sibling of
Charlotte Elizabeth McNeilly
1834
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Charlotte Elizabeth McNeilly
1834
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Ferdinand von Mueller
1834
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References [<ExternalResource: (1981), 'Excursions from Berrima'.>, <ExternalResource: (1979), 'A Voice from the Country'.>, <ExternalResource: Atkinson, Caroline Louisa Waring (1857), 'Gertrude the Emigrant'.>, <ExternalResource: Atkinson, Louisa (1853), 'Notes on the Months', Illustrated Sydney News, Sydney, NSW, 1853-10-08; 1853-10-15; 1853-11-19; 1853-11-26; 1853-12-08; 1853-12-17; 1854-01-07; 1854-02-04; 1854-02-11; 1854-04-15.>, <ExternalResource: Crittenden, Victor (1992), 'Caroline Louisa Waring Atkinson', The Dictionary of Australian Artists, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Chisholm, A.H. (1969), 'Caroline Louisa Waring Atkinson', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Atkinson, Louisa (1978), 'A Voice from the Country', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Atkinson, Louisa (1979), 'Louisa Atkinson of the Kurrajong', Kurrajong Heights, NSW : Kurrajong Heights Garden Club.>, <ExternalResource: Clarke, Patricia (1990), 'Pioneer Writer : The Life of Louisa Atkinson : Novelist, Journalist, Naturalist', North Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: McDonald, P.R. & Pearce, B. (1988), 'The Artist and the Patron', Sydney, NSW : Art Gallery of New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Muir, M. (1980), 'Charlotte Barton : Australia's First Children's Author', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Atkinson, Louisa (1853), 'Notes on the Months', Illustrated Sydney News, 10-15.>, <ExternalResource: Atkinson, Louisa (1857), 'Gertrude the Emigrant', (reprint edited by Elizabeth Lawson).>, <ExternalResource: Atkinson, Louisa, 'A Voice from the Country', Sydney Morning Herald.>, <ExternalResource: Atkinson, Louisa, 'A Voice from the Country', Horticultural Magazine.>, <ExternalResource: Atkinson, James (1826), 'An Account of the State of Agriculture and Grazing in New South Wales', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Barton, Charlotte (1841), 'A Mother's Offering to Her Children', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Atkinson, Louisa, 'Excursions from Berrima and a Trip to Monaro and Molonglo in the 1870s', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Lawson, Elizabeth (1995), 'The Natural art of Louisa Atkinson', Sydney, NSW : State Library of New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: (1872), Illustrated Sydney News, Nov.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Callaway, Anita.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Henderson, B.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Kerr, Joan.>] [<ExternalResource: (1981), 'Excursions from Berrima'.>, <ExternalResource: (1979), 'A Voice from the Country'.>, <ExternalResource: Atkinson, Caroline Louisa Waring (1857), 'Gertrude the Emigrant'.>, <ExternalResource: Atkinson, Louisa (1853), 'Notes on the Months', Illustrated Sydney News, Sydney, NSW, 1853-10-08; 1853-10-15; 1853-11-19; 1853-11-26; 1853-12-08; 1853-12-17; 1854-01-07; 1854-02-04; 1854-02-11; 1854-04-15.>]