by Elizabeth Lhuede | Oct 2, 2024 | Essay, Poetry
by Elizabeth Lhuede Another in our series of posts on authors with works published in 1924. Beatrice Bevan (née Vale) was born in Victoria in 1876, the daughter of W M K Vale, sometime Attorney-General of Victoria. In 1901, Beatrice married the Rev. Hopkin Llewellyn...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Aug 7, 2024 | Essay, Poetry
by Elizabeth Lhuede Another in our series of posts on authors with works published in 1924. Queensland poet Annie Elizabeth Powis Dunn was born in 1863 in Bristol, England, the second daughter of Sarah Elizabeth and Henry Jordan, a parliamentarian and public servant....
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Jul 3, 2024 | Essay, Poetry
by Elizabeth Lhuede Another in our series of posts on authors with works published in 1924. Eleanor Mackinnon (1871 to 1936) is better known for her charitable work and political activities than she is for her writing. Born Eleanor Vokes Irby Addison, a descendant of...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | May 1, 2024 | Essay, Poetry, Reviews
by Elizabeth Lhuede Another in our series of posts on works published in 1924 (or authors who died in 1924). Melbourne writer Doris Boake Kerr (1889-1944), who published under the pseudonym of “Capel Boake”, is already known to AWW readers; Whispering Gums, aka Sue...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Mar 6, 2024 | Essay, Poetry
Blue Mountains poet Minnie L Brackenreg (1858-1936) came to my attention by accident when looking for works published 100 years ago. A fellow Blue Mountains resident, identified only as “Tess”, wrote to the editor of the Blue Mountains Echo in November 1924, offering...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Jan 10, 2024 | Poetry
Welcome to a new year of highlighting the lives and works of early Australian women writers. This year, our commissioning editor Bill from The Australian Legend has chosen to focus on the theme, “The Independent Woman in Australian Literature”. Whispering...
