Publication Topics

Australian history and colonial life from a female perspective. The work of Irish engineer T J Waters in early Meiji Japan, New Zealand and USA.

Visual Art

Paintings in oil and Australian ochres. Abstract impressions of Australian landscapes on canvas and linen.

Poetry

Poems with Australian themes.

Japanese Translation

Meg Vivers is presently assisting with the translation into Japanese of her latest book An Irish Engineer, which is to be published in Tokyo. This book covers the life work of Thomas J Waters, and explores his involvement in the early stages of Meiji and the Westernisation of Japan.

Female Texts

Meg continues her interest in the use of female written and pictorial texts as source material for colonial historians.

Painting and Poetry

She also has an ongoing passion for painting and poetry.