Louisa Lawson: Primary Sources
How is it that we know anything at all about Louisa Lawson? Or about her daughter Gertrude (pictured)? Let’s talk about the crucial primary sources…
Angry and dismayed
Having spent quite some time deep in the archives I’ve emerged from the stacks – how shall I put this – angry. It’s now clear to me that erasure and vilification shaped Louisa Lawson’s life and her subsequent legacy.
Cursive Script
Is cursive script so-named because it is cursed? A brief discussion of the joys – and frustrations – of working with archival records written in cursive script.
Exploring Louisa Lawson’s Marrickville
Hearing that I was writing a book about Louisa Lawson, writer and historian Sue Castrique reached out to me online and kindly invited me to Marrickville, to learn more about the place where Louisa Lawson lived for the last 15 or so years of her life.