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Australian Prints + Printmaking

Harriet Clisby

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Name

Harriet Clisby

Culture

Australian | English

Gender

Female

Birth date

31 August 1830

Birth place

London, Middlesex, England View on map Close map

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Death date

30 April 1931

Death Place

London, Middlesex, England View on map Close map

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Movements

Australia (Adelaide) from November 1838 aboard 'Rajasthan'.

Occupations

Editor | Periodical proprietor

Summary

Worked: England, Unites States of America, Australia (VIC)

Context

Australia

Address

  • 1857-61, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Biography

Physician and feminist. 'She collaborated with Caroline Dexter, née Harper, in January and February 1861 in publishing the two numbers of the Interpreter, a monthly magazine of literature, science and art. It was the first magazine published by women in Australia, and included a medical page 'with practical information … as to the prevention of disease and hints for its cure'. [ADB]

Last Updated

30 Jan 2024