Josephine Bastian Author

Josephine Bastian is the daughter of a Danish goldminer and a schoolteacher of Irish descent. She spent her childhood in the Australian bush and lived for several years on the goldfields near Mudgee, New South Wales. She attended the University of Sydney and London University and has travelled widely, working in several countries as teacher, author and editor; her writing includes articles, radio documentaries and history. She is married to Grahame Budd, scientist and Antarctican, and they have three adult children. She and her husband now live in Sydney.