McCrae, Georgiana Huntly (1804–1890)
McCrae, Georgiana Huntly (1804–1890)
Australian diarist. Born 1804 in London, England; died 1890 in Australia; illeg. dau. of George, Marquis of Huntly, later 5th duke of Gordon, and Jane Graham; m. Andrew Murison McCrae (lawyer, squatter and gold fields magistrate), 1830 (died 1874); children: 9, including George Gordon McCrae (poet, 1833–1927).
Was a professional portrait painter in Edinburgh, Scotland (1820s); immigrated to Australia (1841); became well known in Melbourne intellectual circles; journals supplemented by son George Gordon McCrae, edited by grandson, poet Hugh McCrae, were published as Georgiana's Journal (1934).
See also Brenda Niall, Georgiana (1996).
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