Helen Barrett was born in 1942, in Hindmarsh, South Australia, She has worked in publishing, journalism and taught at Presbyterian Girls’ College.  She also writes under the name Elizabeth Whitbread.

The Helen Barrett books are not impossible to find:  Waminda and  To Jump a Log are out there. The Gold Through the Haze, is very hard to find.  The only Elizabeth Whitbread book that seems to turn up with any regularity is A Good Year for Riding.

Helen Barrett

Waminda
Burnside, South Australia : D'Artagnan Publishing, 1982.

The Blakemans are at home for the school holidays in South Australia,
on the family’s sheep property. 

Many thanks to Hannah Fleetwood for the picture.

As Helen Barrett:

The Gold Through the Haze
Adelaide, South Australia : D'Artagnan Publishing, 1984

To Jump a Log
Adelaide, South Australia : D'Artagnan Publishing, 1989

Many thanks to Hannah Fleetwood for the picture.

As Elizabeth Whitbread:

A Good Year for Riding
Adelaide, South Australia : D'Artagnan Publishing, 1982

Many thanks to Hannah Fleetwood for the picture.

A Good Christmas for Riding
Adelaide, South Australia : D'Artagnan Publishing, 1985

A Good Horse for Riding
Adelaide, South Australia : D'Artagnan Publishing, 1988