The themes Mary Hannay Foott wrote about

Biography

Mary was born in Glasgow on 26th September, 1846. she was the daughter of James Black a leader in the Prebyterian Church. Her Mother descended from the literary family of Hannay. Mary arrived in Australia, 1853and was educated in Melbourne. She married Thomas Wade Foott in 1874, moving to live at Dundoo, Queensland.

After the death of her husband in 1884, she was to become the Literary Editor of `The Queenslander' for ten years.

She lived and taught at school in Rocklea, a Brisbane suburb in South East Queensland.

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