Laura Maude Palmer-Archer (1864 – 8 June 1929) was an Australian short story writer, who mainly wrote using the pseudonym "Bushwoman".

[1] One of her brothers, Ernest O'Ferrall, was a short story writer and poet, who wrote as "Kodak" for The Bulletin.

[1] It was a compilation of stories previously published in The Australasian (Melbourne) and the Australian Town and Country Journal (New South Wales).

[6] In the Foreword, Rolf Boldrewood said: It appeared to me a matter of simple justice, as well to the British public as to a talented writer, that work of such genuine merit should find a permanent place in literature.In the 1920s she began to write poems for children which were published regularly in The Australasian[7][8] and also recited on radio by "Mary Gumleaf" as "Kiddyosities".

[13] She was incorrectly attributed as "Miss Archer", author of the novel, Mr Moore, which was serialised in the Sydney Mail in 1880.