Emily P. Leakey

Caroline's sister Eliza lived in Van Diemen's Land (later Tasmania) for several years with her. Another sister, Emily P. Leakey , wrote religious tracts and a memoir of Caroline entitled Clear Shining Light, whose...

She never enjoyed good physical health, and was at times housebound for long stretches. Among the many ailments which she endured at one time or another were typhoid, colonial fever, hip disease, abscesses, acute...

While on board the ship CL worried about the possibility of fire, and was teased by a young officer for being a blue stocking. The only known biographical reference to her outside her...

A number of her previously unpublished poems are included in Clear Shining Light, the memoir written by her sister , 1882.

This schoolgirl grabbed CL 's hand while, according to her sister Emily 's memoir, she said: you little fairy, I could squeeze you to death, you are so small; and as to your little hand...