Ethel Sibyl Turner b. 1870

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.
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Citations

  • Poole, Philippa (ed.) (1979), 'The Diaries of Ethel Turner’, Sydney, NSW : Lansdowne (paperback edn 1998).

  • Turner, (Ethel); and Stevens, Bertram (eds) (1919), 'The Australian Soldiers’ Gift Book’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Niall, Brenda (1990), 'Turner, Ethel Mary (1870 – 1958)’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, Melbourne University Press, pp 290-292.

  • Favelle, Kathryn (2000), ''My Last Great Work (Hah, Hah!)’ The Juvenilia of Australian Writers’, National Library of Australia News, September, p. 8.

See also

  • '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.

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Alternative names
  • Ethel Curlewis
  • Ethel Mary Burwell
  • Ethel M. Turner
  • Ethel Mary Turner
  • Ethel Turner
  • Ethel Curlewis
  • Ethel Mary Burwell
  • Ethel M. Turner
  • Ethel Mary Turner
  • Ethel Turner
Related people
  • Weiss, (associate of)
  • Bancks, James Charles (associate of)
  • Cope, Sarah Jane (child of)
  • Curlewis, Adrian (parent of)
  • Curlewis, Jean (parent of)
  • Stevens, Bertram (associate of)
  • Smith, Nell Hague (associate of)
  • Howes, (associate of)
  • Pockley, Ethel (associate of)
  • Turner, Lilian (sibling of)
  • Curlewis, Herbert (spouse of)
  • Archibald, (associate of)
  • Weiss, (associate of)
  • Bancks, James Charles (associate of)
  • Cope, Sarah Jane (child of)
  • Curlewis, Adrian (parent of)
  • Curlewis, Jean (parent of)
  • Stevens, Bertram (associate of)
  • Smith, Nell Hague (associate of)
  • Howes, (associate of)
  • Pockley, Ethel (associate of)
  • Turner, Lilian (sibling of)
  • Curlewis, Herbert (spouse of)
  • Archibald, (associate of)
Related works
  • (Mount Morgan mine) (creator of)
  • (Mt Wellington, Tas.) (creator of)
  • (Mount Morgan mine) (creator of)
  • (Mt Wellington, Tas.) (creator of)
Related collections
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
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