Also known as
Ethel Curlewis,
Ethel Mary Burwell,
Ethel M. Turner,
Ethel Mary Turner,
Ethel Turner
Artist (Draughtsman)
Novelist, author of 'Seven Little Australians', whose artistic practice was more a socially acceptable hobby than a serious endeavour. Before consolidating her successful career as a writer Turner, with her older sister Lilian, taught art to children.
'School Note Book of Ethel Turner, Manuscript Collection (MS749, series 1-4, folder 114-115)', National Library of Australia, Canberra, reproduced in Kathryn Favelle, 'My Last Great Work (Hah, Hah!) The Juvenilia of Australian Writers, National Library of Australia News, September 2000, 8.