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Ida Lee

Ida Lee

Australian historian and poet

Ida Louisa Lee, (11 February 1865 — 3 October 1943), historian and poet, was born at Kelso, New South Wales. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) in 1914[1] and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Australian Historical Society (Hon. FRAHS). Lee wrote a number of historical texts, some of which contain previously unpublished material.[2]

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Lee was the third child of grazier and politician, George Lee, and Louisa (née Kite). On a visit to England, Lee married Charles John Bruce Marriott (1861–1936) on 14 October 1891 at the parish church, Felixstowe, Suffolk.[2]

Bibliography

Non-fiction

Poetry

  • Songs and Verse (189?)
  • The Bush Fire and Other Verses (1897)

References

  1. [1]
    "Social Gossip". Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954). 11 January 1914. p. 19. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. [2]
    Rutledge, Martha, "Lee, Ida Louisa (1865–1943)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 20 October 2018
  3. [3]
    "Review of Commodore Sir John Hayes by Ida Lee". The Athenaeum (4456): 329. 22 March 1913.

Further reading

  • Adelaide, Debra (1988) Australian women writers: a bibliographic guide, London, Pandora
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