BRIDGES, Hilda Maggie

BRIDGES, Hilda Maggie

1881-1971

writer

born on 19 October 1881 at Hobart in Tasmania.

My name is Hilda Bridges and I represent ‘Nature’s gifts’ because I wrote thirteen novels, three children’s tales and hundreds of short stories while keeping house and helping my writer-brother, Roy. My stories, usually set on the east coast of Tasmania, sometimes told of smuggling, hidden treasure, secret caves and mysterious identities.

lamploop.gif (6239 bytes) IDEA FOR SCENE: Show Hilda Bridges out walking along the sea shore on a stormy day, making up one of her stories. (Go to the library to find one of her books for ideas.)

1901-2001 Centenary of Federation