Jacqueline Bawtree

Jacqueline Bawtree was born in Jimbour on the Southern Darling Downs of Queensland and grew up in Brisbane, Australia. She spent time living in Sydney and Melbourne, working in health communications, not-for-profit fundraising and sport sponsorship, before taking time to travel. Her first book, Coming Home, recounts her decision to take a career break and spend a year in Italy, only to land in hospital four months into her journey after a run in with a moped on the streets of Naples. Forced to...See more

Jacqueline Bawtree was born in Jimbour on the Southern Darling Downs of Queensland and grew up in Brisbane, Australia. She spent time living in Sydney and Melbourne, working in health communications, not-for-profit fundraising and sport sponsorship, before taking time to travel. Her first book, Coming Home, recounts her decision to take a career break and spend a year in Italy, only to land in hospital four months into her journey after a run in with a moped on the streets of Naples. Forced to confront all she had left behind, she eventually found herself... Coming Home. Jacqueline now lives in Brisbane and works as a writer and photographer, exploring the stories of her hometown and surrounds through her work. See less