The first woman in Australia to publish a volume of poetry (Poems and Recollections of the Past, Sydney 1840).
Australian Poetry Library, 'Fidelia S. T. Hill (1794-1854)', http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/hill-fidelia-s-t accessed 9/5/2012.
1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
