Background
Mary was the daughter of Britton William Johnson and his wife, Mary Theresa, daughter of Philisophy W. Furse.
Mary was the daughter of Britton William Johnson and his wife, Mary Theresa, daughter of Philisophy W. Furse.
She was a sister of William Johnson, author of Ionica, who took the name of Cory in 1872. Her husband had an extensive parish to the south-west of Sydney. Ten other volumes of tales and novels were published between 1846 and 1866, in which the author sometimes made use of her experiences in Australia.
Some of these books ran into more than one edition