In November, the jacaranda trees in Perth burst into purple-blue clouds of flowers, a colourful reminder that Christmas is not very far way. As I was admiring those growing near our house yesterday, I wondered if Harriet Lenihan, one of
Babies on the bottle
As I’ve been doing the research for my next book, which is set in Perth in the early 1900’s, I’ve been surprised, and horrified, to discover the remedies recommended at the time for babies who were unwell with “summer diarrhoea”.