Eldershaw, Flora (1897-1956), an Australian author, combined with Marjorie Barnard to write under the pen name M. Barnard Eldershaw. Their best-known book, A House Is Built (1929), is a psychological study of a family, the Hydes, set against the rapid growth of Sydney in the 1800's. Their other novels include Green Memory (1931), The Glasshouse (1936), Plaque with Laurel (1937), and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1947). They also collaborated on Essays in Australian Fiction (1938) and My Australia (1939, revised 1951). Eldershaw also wrote historical studies and literary criticism under her own name.