"I was born in Devon, England. Since my secondary student days, I have travelled widely in Europe and elsewhere and have lived and taught in France. I have always been drawn towards the exotic, something that was reinforced by my tertiary studies at Aberdeen University, Scotland, where I graduated MA in French language and literature. My choice of a career in teaching fostered the wish, and indeed the necessity, for foreign travel. History is an abiding interest, and since I emigrated to Australia in 1991 I have undertaken a great deal of research into Australia's European history."

Jennifer's Novels (Self Published as The Shalimar Press)

  • Fate Knows no Tears (written as "Mary Talbot Cross") follows the life of the tragic poet Violet Nicolson, and is set in nineteenth century British India.
  • The Foundling: a tale of the Burra Burra Mine (written as 'Mary Talbot Cross'). The story of Cornish emigrants to South Australia and their struggles in the new Colony, it is set in the early days of S.A. (1845-1851).

Jennifer's Non-Fiction works
  • Burra 1845-1851: A directory of early folk (written as Jennifer M.T. Carter, and published by The Shalimar Press, 1996). This book is a compilation of the early folk who lived and died at the famous "Monster" Copper Mine at Burra, South Australia.
  • Painting the Islands Vermilion: Archibald Watson and the Brig Carl (published by Melbourne University Press, 1999, www.mup.com.au). This is an elegant scholarly biography of one of Australia's most interesting figures.
  • Eyes to the Future: Sketches of Australia and her Neighbours in the 1870s (published by the National Library of Australia Press, 2000, ). Here, Australia's emerging nationhood is seen through the eyes of ordinary people who lived during one of the most exciting decades of Australia's European history.

 

 
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