'Women’s biography is a lively genre in Australia today. Among others published in the last decade, there have appeared biographical works about significant women in colonial history (Elizabeth Macarthur, Caroline Chisholm, Jane Franklin), visual artists (Olive Cotton, Nora Heysen), criminal women (Kate Leigh, Dulcie Markham), literary figures (Aileen Palmer, Judith Wright), and feminists (Vida Goldstein, Germaine Greer, Eilean Giblin).'
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