Mary Eliza Fullerton was born on 14 May 1868 in Glenmaggie, Victoria.
She wrote twelve books (six of which were published using pen names) and numerous poems. Her later books of poetry were published under the pseudonym of “E”, as she suspected that her work would otherwise suffer from prejudice, due to her being a female writer. She also wrote under the pseudonym “Alpenstock”.
Mary Fullerton moved to England in 1922, and died in Maresfield, Sussex, on 23 February 1946.
Books by Mary Eliza Fullerton:
1908: Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics, Melbourne: Thomas C. Lothian, 1908 (poetry)
1916: Australian Comic Dictionary of Words and Phrases, Melbourne: E. W. Cole, 1916 [by “Turner O. Lingo”] (non-fiction)
1921: Bark House Days, Melbourne: J. Endacott, 1921 (reminiscences)
1921: The Breaking Furrow: Verses, Melbourne: J. Endacott, 1921 (poetry)
1923: The People of the Timber Belt, London: [?], 1923 (novel)
1923: Two Women: Clare, Margaret, London: Philpot, 1923 [“by two anonymous writers”; “Clare” was written by Mary E. Fullerton, whilst the author of “Margaret is unknown] (autobiographical?)
1928: The Australian Bush, London: J.M. Dent, [1928?] (non-fiction)
1930: A Juno of the Bush, London: Heath Cranton, 1930 (novel)
1932: Rufus Sterne: A Novel, Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1932 [by “Robert Gray”] (novel)
1933: Murders at the Crab Apple Café, London: Jenkins, 1933 (by “Gordon Manners”) [incorrectly cited in some sources as The Murders at Crabapple Farm]
1942: Moles Do So Little with Their Privacy: Poems, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1942 [by “E”] (poetry)
1946: The Wonder and the Apple: More Poems, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1946 [by “E”] (poetry)
Selected articles by Mary Eliza Fullerton:
Australia in the Fenlands: Links with Lincolnshire [1 March 1930]
Caroline Chisholm: A good Australian [14 May 1932]
Selected poetry by Mary Eliza Fullerton:
[The initials which appear after a poem’s title refer to the publication that the work was published in.]
The Artist [MM 1908]
The Attributes [MM 1908]
The Baby [MM 1908]
The Blue Endearment of the Hills [MM 1908]
Catastrophe [MM 1908]
Color. — I. [MM 1908]
Color. — II. [MM 1908]
Divided [MM 1908]
Echo [MM 1908]
Eve. — I. [MM 1908]
Eve. — II. [MM 1908]
Experience [MM 1908]
The Explorer [MM 1908]
Forgiven [MM 1908]
From the Star World [MM 1908]
The Gem [MM 1908]
The Grave [MM 1908]
The Guests [MM 1908]
Hagar. — I. [MM 1908]
Hagar. — II. [MM 1908]
The Hothouse Orchid [MM 1908]
The Idiot [MM 1908]
Inspiration [1946]
Intuition [MM 1908]
Joan of Arc [MM 1908]
Judas [MM 1908]
The Limit. — II. [MM 1908]
(Note: Part 1 of “The Limit” is “Love’s Exclusiveness”]
Lovers [1942]
Love’s Conspirators [MM 1908]
Love’s Exclusiveness. — I. [MM 1908]
(Note: Part 2 of “Love’s Exclusiveness” is “The Limit”]
Margaret [MM 1908]
The Mask [MM 1908]
The Melodists [MM 1908]
The Mendicant [MM 1908]
The Mystic [MM 1908]
The Nautilus Shell [MM 1908]
Night [MM 1908]
The Prophet [MM 1908]
The Reformer [MM 1908]
Re-Incarnated [MM 1908]
The Rose on the Lattice [MM 1908]
Sense [MM 1908]
The Shadow [MM 1908]
The Skull [MM 1908]
Sorrow and Joy [MM 1908]
Talent and Genius [MM 1908]
Transmigration [MM 1908]
When Love Awakes [MM 1908]
Sources for images:
Mary Eliza Fullerton: 1) photo by Tesla Studios, Prahran; 2) photo by Yeoman & Co., South Melbourne
“Precious correspondence from Australian feminist, writer and poet Mary Fullerton”, State Library of Victoria, 4 March 2019 [images link]
Mary Eliza Fullerton: 3) circa 1900
“Mary Eliza Fullerton”, State Library of Victoria [NLA link]
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