75 years since Henry Handel Richardson died, small towns from her childhood keep alive her memory

Henry Handel Richardson spent most of her life in Europe, yet in the small Australian towns she briefly called home, she remains an icon.

Considered one of Australia’s first celebrated female authors, Richardson left Australia soon after she graduated from the boarding school she later portrayed in The Getting of Wisdom.

She only came back once to visit her homeland, but on the 75th anniversary of her death,…