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Bridges, Hilda (1881 - 1971)

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    Chines Lacquer: An Australian Story
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Born
19 October 1881
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died
11 Sep 1971
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Summary

Bridges was born at Hobart, Tasmania, and attended Scotch College. She was the sister of prolific colonial writer Roy Bridges, maintaining a close relationship with him throughout her life and assisting his writing. She also produced numerous works of her own, from stories for children, to short fiction and sketches and more than a dozen novels, including Our Neighbours (1922), Chinese Lacquer: An Australian Story and The House of Storms (1932). Generally involving themes of mystery, crime and romance, her novels range in setting from the suburbs of Melbourne to remote wildernesses of Tasmania.

Published resources

Books

  • Bridges, Hilda, The lady of the cavern, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1925, 173 pp. Details
  • Bridges, Hilda, Chinese lacquer : an Australian story, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1926, 319 pp. Details

See also

Archival resources

University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection

  • Papers - Hilda Bridges, 1920 - 1960, B4/B; University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection. Details
  • Papers of William Edwin Fuller, 1916 - 1960, F6; University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection. Details

Rachael Weaver

Created: 11 February 2009, Last modified: 10 June 2015