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 Parker in 1912 | |
| Born | Catherine Eliza Somerville Field 1 May 1856 |
| Died | 27 March 1940 (aged 83) |
| Spouse(s) | Langloh Parker[2] and Percival Randolph Stow |
| Parent(s) | Henry Field (1818–1909)[3] and Sophia née Newland (1829–1872) |
| Relatives | Ridgway Newland (grandfather),[4] Randolph Isham Stow (father-in-law) |
| Writing career | |
| Pen name | K. Langloh Parker |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Years active | 1898-1940 |
| Notable works | Australian Legendary Tales |
| Notable awards | Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers 1954 |
Catherine Eliza Somerville Stow (1 May 1856 – 27 March 1940), who wrote as K. Langloh Parker, was a South Australian born writer who lived in northern New South Wales in the late nineteenth century. She is best known for recording the stories of the Ualarai around her. Her testimony is one of the best accounts of the beliefs and stories of an Aboriginal people in north-west New South Wales at that time. However, her accounts reflect European attitudes of the time.
- ^ a b Muir 1990.
- ^ Evans 2011, p. 15.
- ^ Field 1909.
- ^ Rendell 1967.