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Ethel Turner


Australia (1872 - 1958)

Ethel Sybil Turner was an Australian novelist and children's writer. She was educated at Paddington Public School and Sydney Girls High School. She started her writing career at eighteen with her sister Lilian. 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 deals with the lives of the Woolcot family, particularly with its seven mischievous and rebellious children. 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 and Punch (1928) which further chronicled the exploits of the Woolcot family. Ethel Turner has been awarded a number of prestigious literary awards and can easily be classed as one of Australia's best-loved authors. She 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.
 

Genres: Children's Fiction
 
Series
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Novels
   The Story of a Baby (1895)
   The Little Duchess (1896)
   The Little Larrikin (1896)
   The Camp At Wandinong (1897)
   Gum Leaves (1900)
   Three Little Maids (1900)
   The Wonder Child (1901)
   Betty and Co (1903)
   Mother's Little Girl (1904)
   A White Roof-Tree (1905)
   In the Mist of the Mountains (1906)
   The Stolen Voyage (1907)
   Happy Hearts (1908)
   That Girl (1908)
   Fugitives from Fortune (1909)
   Fair Ines (1910)
   The Raft in the Bush (1910)
   The Apple of Happiness (1911)
   Fifteen and Fair (1911)
   An Ogre Up-to-Date (1911)
   Ports and Happy Havens (1912)
   The Secret of the Sea (1913)
   Oh Boys in Brown (1914)
   The Cub (1915)
   John of Daunt (1916)
   Captain Cub (1917)
   St Tom and the Dragon (1918)
   Brigid and the Cub (1919)
   King Anne (1920)
   Jennifer J (1922)
   The Sunshine Family (1923) (with Jean Curlewis)
   Nicola Silver (1924)
   The Ungardeners (1925)
   Funny (1926)
   The Child of Children (1959)
   Walking to School (1989)
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Collections
   The Tiny House (poems) (1911)
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