Ellen Clacy (née Von Sturmer; born Richmond, Surrey, England 1830; died London, England 1901) is best known for her book A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852–1853.
[1] In 1852, she traveled to Australia with her eldest brother to seek their fortunes in the gold fields of Victoria.
Just two months after arriving in Melbourne, Clacy returned to England by ship without her brother and gave birth to her daughter Ellen Louise Clacy on board ship during the return journey.
[1] After her return from Australia, Clacy began writing under the pseudonym "Cycla.
She described herself as a widow in 1871 and may have been abandoned by her husband, and she was said to support herself by writing articles for newspapers.