# Clara Cheeseman

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English-born New Zealand novelist

**Clara Cheeseman** (16 July 1852 – 1943) was a novelist from England who emigrated to New Zealand as a child.[1]

## Biography

Cheeseman was born in [Doncaster, England](/source/Doncaster) in 1852 and emigrated to New Zealand with her family, arriving in [Auckland](/source/Auckland) on 4 April 1854 on the *Artemesia.* Her father was Thomas Cheeseman, a Methodist minister who moved the family to New Zealand in the hope that the climate would cure a throat ailment he suffered from. She had four siblings: two brothers, William and [Thomas](/source/Thomas_Frederic_Cheeseman), and two sisters, [Emma](/source/Emma_Cheeseman) and [Ellen](/source/Ellen_Cheeseman).[1]

Cheeseman's brother Thomas became curator of the [Auckland Museum](/source/Auckland_Museum) and she, Emma and Ellen accompanied him on field trips.[1]

Cheeseman wrote magazine articles, one of which was published in the *Australian Ladies' Annual 1878* and a novel, *The Rolling Stone,* which was published in 1886.[2][3][4]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_1-2) ["Thomas Cheeseman (1846-1923) | NZETC"](http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-SamEarl-t1-body1-d14-d3.html). *nzetc.victoria.ac.nz*. Retrieved 21 May 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Clara Cheeseman | NZETC"](http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/name-111373.html). *nzetc.victoria.ac.nz*. Retrieved 21 May 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["4 — Opening Up | NZETC"](http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-McCLett-t1-body-d4.html#name-111373-mention). *nzetc.victoria.ac.nz*. Retrieved 21 May 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Results - The Library: University of Waikato"](https://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/resources/resource-lists/short-stories/results?result_259920_result_page=135). *www.waikato.ac.nz*. Retrieved 21 May 2019.

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