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Octavia Hamilton

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • The rise and demise of Octavia Hamilton: a study of colonial celebrity and scandal. Patricia Kennedy, MA, UNSW, 2017.

Eliza Octavia Scrivenor,
born 6 June 1835.
The singer "Octavia Hamilton".
She mar 12 May 1851 [her age 15] to Augustus Moon [nephew of Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Baronet].
They emigrated to Australia in 1854.
She was a contralto singer in Melbourne, Australia, between 1854 and 1865.
She had several children in extra-marital affairs.
As well as adultery, she was accused of abandonment of her children.
The scandal destroyed her career in 1865.
She died 1907.

Octavia Hamilton (only age 18) announces a concert in The Argus (Melbourne), 28 Apr 1854.

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• Octavia Hamilton in A biographical register of Australian colonial musical personnel.

• Octavia Hamilton in Moon genealogy by Michael Moon.

• Octavia Hamilton post in blog by Allister Hardiman.