Ethel Sybil Turner (1872-1958) was an Australian author best known for her work Seven Little Australians. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
Biography
Turner was born in Yorkshire and immigrated to Australia in 1881 at the age of 8. Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. She went to school in Sydney, New South Wales, and later wrote children stories for many magazines and newspapers. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4
Her debut children's novel Seven Little Australians (1894) was an instant hit both in Australia and overseas. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common It is the only Australian children's book that has been constantly in print over the last 100 years.
The success of Seven Little Australians led to the popular sequel The Family at Misrule (1895). Other books followed such as Little Mother Meg (1902) and Judy & Punch (1928) which further chronicled the exploits of the Woolcot family.
Turner wrote more than 40 novels. Some were about the mischievous Woolcots. Others were serialized like her books on the Cub and some were stand-alone.
The children she wrote about were all adventurous and independent. They frequently got themselves into sticky situations and got themselves out of them with very little to no adult help.
Works
- Seven Little Australians (1894)
- Family at Misrule (1985)
- Story of a Baby (1895)
- 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)
- Ports & Happy Havens (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)
- Sunshine Family (1923) (with J Curlewis)
External links
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