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Cambridge, Ada, 1844-1926
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- Cross, Ada, 1844-1926
- Cross, George Frederick, Mrs, 1844-1926
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1844-1926
History
Ada Cambridge was born on 21 November 1844 at St Germans, Norfolk, England. She married George Frederick Cross on 25 April 1870. They arrived in Melbourne, Victoria on 19 August 1870. George Cross was a curate and his pastoral work took the couple to many different parishes. Writer and poet, she produced twenty-one novels, three volumes of poetry, two autobiographies and contributed to several journals. The couple returned to England in 1913. Ada Cambridge returned to Victoria in 1917 and died on 19 July 1926, at Elsternwick.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 10-May-2022. Revised, AM, 22-Jul-2020.
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Author record, Ada Cambridge, AustLit, accessed online 22-Jul-2020.
Jill Roe, 'Cambridge, Ada (1844–1926)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, accessed online 22-Jul-2020.