Henning, Rachel (1826–1914)
Henning, Rachel (1826–1914)
Australian letter writer. Born 1826 in England; died 1914 in Australia.
Visited Australia twice before settling there (1861); lived on brother's station in Bowen, Queensland, and married his overseer; wrote letters to sisters about colonial life in Queensland outback; letters, edited by David Adams and illustrated by Norman Lindsay, published as The Letters of Rachel Henning (1962).
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