Ethel Turner
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Ethel Turner (1872 - 1958) was an Australian novelist and children's writer.
She was born in Doncaster in England, moving to Australia as a child, where she attended Sydney Girls High School .
Her best-known work is her first novel, Seven Little Australians (1894), which is widely considered as a classic of Australian children's literature. The book, together with the sequel The Family at Misrule (1895), deals with the lives of the Woolcot family, particularly with its seven mischievous and rebellious children, in 1880s Australia. The book was turned into a 10 episode television series in 1973. [1]
Turner published a number of other books for children, short stories and poems. These include Little Mother Meg and Judy and Punch, which dealt further with the stories of characters introduced in Seven Little Australians.
Ethel Turner has been awarded a number of prestigious literary awards and can easily be classed as one of Australia's best-loved authors.
[edit] Works
- Seven Little Australians (1894)
- Family at Misrule (1985)
- Little Larrikin (1896)
- Miss Bobbie (1897)
- Camp at Wandining (1898)
- Gum Leaves (1900)
- Three Little Maids (1900)
- Wonder Child (1901)
- Little Mother Meg (1902)
- Betty & Co (1903)
- Mothers Little Girl (1904)
- White Roofed Tree (1905)
- In the Mist of the Mountains (1906)
- Stolen Voyage (1907)
- Happy Hearts (1908)
- That Girl (1908)
- Birthday Book (1909)
- Fugitives from Fortune (1909)
- Fair Innes (1910)
- Raft in the Bush (1910)
- An Orge up to Date (1911)
- Apple of Happiness (1911)
- Fifteen & Fair (1911)
- Tiny House (1911)
- Secret of the Sea (1913)
- Flower O' the Pine (1914)
- The Cub (1915)
- John of Daunt (1916)
- Captain Cub (1917)
- St Tom & The Dragon (1918)
- Brigid & the Cub (1919)
- Laughing Water (1920)
- King Anne (1921)
- Jennifer J (1922)
- Nicola Silver (1924)
- Ungardeners (1925)
- Funny (1926)
- Judy & Punch (1928)
- Ports & Happy Havens (????)
- Story of a Baby (????)
- Sunshine Family (1923) (with J Curlewis)
