Kate Baker
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Catherine Baker was an Irish-born Australian teacher best known for championing the work of her friend Joseph Furphy, whose novel Such Is Life had received an indifferent reception upon its initial pu
Joseph Furphy wrote under the pen-name "Tom Collins"
Miles Franklin had a tense collaboration with Kate Baker over a biography of Joseph Furphy
Frank Dalby Davison
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Frank Dalby Davison, also known as F. D. Davison and Freddie Davison, was an Australian novelist and short story writer. Whilst several of his works demonstrated his progressive political philosophy,
Kate Baker
…manuscripts section of the State Library of Victoria, includes signatures from many notable authors of the day, including Bernard O'Dowd, Marie Pitt, Frank Dalby Davison, Edward Harrington, Mary Gilmore, and Bertha Lawson (the widow of Henry Lawson). She wrote extensively to many Australian authors – in 1931, for instance…
Frank Dalby Davison