Fae Hewston Stevens was a member of the Hewston family, prominent in musical and sporting circles. She taught music in the Borung, Mysia and Fernihurst districts in Victoria. Stevens trained for two years as a mothercraft nurse and spent two years overseas. She wrote local histories of Victoria including Then the Water Wheel Turned : A History of Lockington and District 1867-1967 (1967); Smoke from the Hill : A Story of the Boort District 1836-1968 (1969) and
| Golden Grain : A History of Borung 1877-1977 (1977). |