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Ada Cambridge
1844–1926
A sharp-eyed novelist and poet, she helped shape early Australian literature with stories that blended domestic life, social observation, and a lively sense of place. Born in England and writing much of her career in Australia, she published widely in fiction, poetry, and memoir.
10 Audiobooks
Thirty Years in Australia
by Ada Cambridge
A Mere Chance: A Novel. Vol. 1
by Ada Cambridge
Sisters
by Ada Cambridge
A Mere Chance: A Novel. Vol. 3
by Ada Cambridge
Materfamilias
by Ada Cambridge
A Mere Chance: A Novel. Vol. 2
by Ada Cambridge
A Humble Enterprise
by Ada Cambridge
The Retrospect
by Ada Cambridge
In two years' time, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Ada Cambridge
The Three Miss Kings: An Australian Story
by Ada Cambridge
About the author
Born in Norfolk, England, in 1844, Ada Cambridge moved to Australia after marrying Anglican clergyman George Frederick Cross in 1870. The couple lived in a number of towns in Victoria as his church appointments changed, and those experiences fed the settings and social detail in her writing.
She began publishing young, first with hymns and religious pieces, and went on to become a prolific author of novels, short fiction, poetry, and autobiographical works. Her writing is often noted for its clear, engaging style and for the way it explores marriage, family life, religion, and the pressures placed on women.
Today she is remembered as an important English-born Australian writer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Alongside her fiction, her memoirs offer a vivid picture of colonial life and of a working writer building a literary career across newspapers, magazines, and books.