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Ethel Turner (1870-1968) (subject)

Works of Ethel Turner

20 March 2021 · Leave a Comment

This post lists various works by Ethel Turner (1870-1968); for further information about her, see the biographical section. Books by Ethel Turner: This list also notes the translations of Ethel Turner’s books which are held in the National Library of Australia … [Read more...] about Works of Ethel Turner

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An Australian authoress [article re. Ethel Turner, 25 March 1899]

20 March 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article about Ethel Turner was published in The Bookfellow (Sydney, NSW), 25 March 1899.] An Australian authoress. One finds Ethel Turner at home in a cottage at Mosman, on the shores of Sydney harbour, looking towards the sea. Though now merged in the … [Read more...] about An Australian authoress [article re. Ethel Turner, 25 March 1899]

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Ethel Turner

19 March 2021 · Leave a Comment

Ethel Turner was an author and poet, especially known as a writer of novels for children and young adults. Her most famous book is undoubtedly Seven Little Australians (1894). Ethel was born in Balby (Yorkshire, England), on 24 January 1870. She was the second child of Bennett … [Read more...] about Ethel Turner

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[A review of “Seven Little Australians” by Ethel Turner] [The Bulletin, 20 October 1894]

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[Editor: This untitled review of Seven Little Australians (by Ethel Turner) was published in The Bulletin (Sydney, NSW), 20 October 1894.] [“A review of “Seven Little Australians” by Ethel Turner] Miss Ethel Turner, the young Sydney writer whose portrait appears in this … [Read more...] about [A review of “Seven Little Australians” by Ethel Turner] [The Bulletin, 20 October 1894]

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