Ida Lee

Ida Louisa Lee, (11 February 1865 — 3 October 1943), historian and poet, was born at Kelso, New South Wales. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) in 1914 and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Australian Historical Society (Hon. FRAHS). Lee wrote a number of historical texts, some of which contain previously unpublished material.

Lee was the third child of grazier and politician, George Lee, and Louisa (née Kite). On a visit to England, Lee married Charles John Bruce Marriott (1861–1936) on 14 October 1891 at the parish church, Felixstowe, Suffolk.

Non-fiction

 * The Coming of the British to Australia, 1788-1829 (1906)
 * Commodore Sir John Hayes (1912)
 * The Logbooks of the 'Lady Nelson' (1915)
 * Captain Bligh's Second Voyage to the South Sea (1920)
 * Early Explorers in Australia (1925)
 * The Voyage of the 'Caroline' from England to Van Dieman's Land and Batavia (1927)

Poetry

 * Songs and Verse (189?)
 * The Bush Fire and Other Verses (1897)