Guide to the Papers of Ethel Turner, 1887-1935

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 749
Creator:
Ethel Turner and Poole, Phillipa
Extent:
0.3 metres and (2 archive boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Ethel Turner, National Library of Australia, MS 749, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
Personal papers, photographs, newscuttings, drafts of writings, correspondence.
Biographical Note:

Ethel Sybil Turner was born at Balby, Yorkshire in 1870. Ethel migrated with her mother and sister to Australia in 1879 and she was educated at the Sydney Girls High School. She made her mark with her first book Seven Little Australians, 1894 and it remained her best achievement. In addition to publishing many childrens novels, she also published some verse for children, and a war poem Oh, Boys in Brown in 1914. With her husband and children she travelled through western Europe and her impressions are given in Ports and Happy Havens, 1912. When she was twenty-four, she married Mr. H.R. (later Judge) Curlewis, and had two children, one son Adrian, the present Judge Curlewis and a daughter Jean, also an authoress who died in 1931. Ethel Turner died in April, 1958.

Indexed terms

Names:
Poole, Phillipa

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1983567) for the access conditions.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Ethel Turner, National Library of Australia, MS 749, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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