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Mary Grant Bruce, Ethel and Lilian Turner, Jean Curlewis, Irene Cheyne, Gladys Lister, Louise Mack, Constance Mackness,
Pixie O'Harris, I. R. Outhwaite, I. M. Peacocke and Lillian Pyke
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AUSTRALASIAN CHILDREN'S AUTHORS
Page updated 24th May, 2015.
MARY GRANT BRUCE first on the list. See the Wiki page for biographical information.
ETHEL and LILIAN TURNER, and Jean Curlewis
OTHER AUSTRALASIAN Children's Authors

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MARY GRANT BRUCE

ANDERSONS JO 1927
BACK TO BILLABONG 1921
BILL OF BILLABONG 1931
BILLABONG ADVENTURERS 1927
BILLABONG GOLD 1937
BILLABONG'S LUCK 1933
BILLABONG RIDERS 1942
BILLABONGS DAUGHTER 1924
CAPTAIN JIM 1919
CIRCUS RING 1936
COUSIN FROM TOWN, THE (2 versions, see below) 1922
DICK 1918
DICK LESTER OF KURRAJONG 1920
FROM BILLABONG TO LONDON 1915
GLEN EYRE 1912
GOLDEN FIDDLES 1928
GRAYS HOLLOW 1914
HAPPY TRAVELLER, THE 1929
HOUSE OF THE EAGLE 1925

HUGH STANFORDS LUCK
JIM and WALLY 1916
KARALTA 1941
LITTLE BUSH MAID 1910
MATES AT BILLABONG 1911
NORAH OF BILLABONG 1913
PECULIAR HONEYMOON 1986
PETER & CO 1940
POSSUM 1917
ROAD TO ADVENTURE 1932
ROBIN 1926
ROSSITERS FARM (1920)
SEAHAWK 1934
SON OF BILLABONG 1939
STONE AXE OF BURKAMUKA 1922
TIMOTHY IN BUSHLAND 1912
TOLD BY PETER 1938
TOWER ROOMS 1926
TWINS OF EMU PLAINS 1923
WINGS ABOVE BILLABONG 1935

ETHEL TURNER, LILIAN TURNER and JEAN CURLEWIS
A FAMILY OF AUSTRALIAN AUTHORS

Well known author of "Seven Little Australians", Ethel Turner has the honour of being the author of the only Australian children's book that has been constantly in print for over 100 years. Ethel came from a literary family – her sister Lilian was a prolific author and her daughter Jean Curlewis wrote four books in her short life.

ETHEL TURNER

APPLE OF HAPPINESS 1911
BETTY & CO 1903
BIRTHDAY BOOK 1909
BRIGID &THE CUB 1919
CAMP AT WANDINING 1898
CAPTAIN CUB 1917
CUB, THE 1915
FAIR INNES 1910
FAMILY AT MISRULE 1895
FIFTEEN & FAIR 1911
FLOWER O' THE PINE 1914
FUGITIVES FROM FORTUNE 1909
FUNNY 1926
GUM LEAVES 1900
HAPPY HEARTS 1908
IN THE MIST OF THE MOUNTAINS 1906

JENNIFER J 1922
JUDY &PUNCH 1928
JOHN OF DAUNT 1916
KING ANNE 1921
LAUGHING WATER 1920

LITTLE LARRIKIN 1896
LITTLE MOTHER MEG 1902
MISS BOBBIE 1897
MOTHERS LITTLE GIRL 1904
NICOLA SILVER 1924

AN OGRE UP TO DATE 1911
PORTS AND HAPPY HAVENS
RAFT IN THE BUSH 1910
SECRET OF THE SEA 1913
SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS 1894
ST TOM & THE DRAGON 1918
STOLEN VOYAGE 1907
STORY OF A BABY
SUNSHINE FAMILY 1923 (with J Curlewis)
THAT GIRL 1908
THREE LITTLE MAIDS 1900
TINY HOUSE 1911

UNGARDENERS 1925
WIDENING THE HORIZON (see
notes) 1931
WONDER CHILD 1901
WHITE ROOFED TREE 1905

Notes
A short story, 'Widening the Horizon', appeared in THE ARGOSY pulp magazine for July, 1931.

LILIAN TURNER

AN AUSTRALIAN LASSIE 1903
ANNE CHOOSES GLORY 1928
APRIL GIRLS 1911
BETTY THE SCRIBE 1906
GIRL FROM THE BLACKBLOCKS, THE 1914
HAPPY HERRIOTS, THE 1926
JILL OF THE FOURTH FORM 1924
LADY BILLIE 1929
LIGHTS OF SYDNEY or NO PAST IS DEAD 1896
NINA COMES HOME 1927
NOUGHTS & CROSSES, THE 1917
PARADISE & THE PERRYS 1908
PEGGY THE PILOT 1922
PERRY GIRLS, THE 1909
RACHEL 1920
STAIRWAY TO THE STARS 1913
THERE CAME A CALL 1930
THREE NEW CHUM GIRLS 1910
TWO TAKES THE ROAD 1931
WARS HEART THROBS 1915
WRITTEN DOWN 1912
YOUNG LOVE 1902

JEAN CURLEWIS

BEACH BEYOND 1923
DAWN MAN 1924
DROWNING MAZE 1922
SHIP THAT NEVER SET SAIL 1921
SUNSHINE FAMILY (With E. Turner)

OTHER AUSTRALASIAN Children's Authors
(Irene Cheyne, Gladys Lister, Louise Mack, Constance Mackness, Pixie O'Harris, I. R. Outhwaite, I. M. Peacocke and Lillian Pyke)

IRENE CHEYNE

ANNETTE OF RIVER BEND 1941
ANNETTE & CO 1942
DAVID OF THE STARS 1942
GOLDEN CAULIFLOWER 1937
LITTLE BLUE MOUNTAIN 1944

GLADYS LISTER

HOUSE THAT BECKONS
JENNIFER STANDS BY
LITTLE ROUND GARDEN
LITTLE ROUND HOUSE
LITTLE ROUND STAIRWAY
LITTLE ROUND WORLD
STAR FOR STARLIGHT
STARLIGHT BELONGS
WITHER JENNIFER

LOUISE MACK

AN AUSTRALIAN GIRL IN LONDON 1902
CHILDREN OF THE SUN (1904)
GIRLS TOGETHER 1898
TEENS 1878
TEENS TRIUMPHANT 1933

CONSTANCE MACKNESS

CLOWN OF THE SCHOOL
DAFFY DOWN DILLY
DI DOUBLE DI
GEM OF THE FLAT
GLAD SCHOOL
GROWING UP
BLOSSOM CHILDREN
MISS BILLY
MISS PICKLE
YOUNG BEACHCOMBERS

PIXIE O'HARRIS

Books written and illustrated by Pixie O'Harris
Pre-1970

Pixie O'Harris Fairy Book: Rigby Adelaide 1925
Pearl Pinkie and Sea Greenie
: A&R Sydney 1935
The Story of Our Baby
: New Century Press 1940
The Pixie O'Harris Story Book
: A&R Sydney 1940
The Fortunes of Poppy Treloar
: A&R 1941
The Fairy who wouldn't Fly
: Marchant Sydney 1945
Marmaduke, the Possum
: A&R 1945
Poppy and the Gems
: Currawong Sydney 1945
Poppy Faces the World
: A&R 1947
The Pixie O'Harris Gift Book
: Dymocks Sydney 1950
Marmaduke and Margaret
: A&R 1953
The Town of Flowers
: Stockwell Cornwall 1957 (poetry)
The Fortunes of Poppy Treloar [omnibus containing the above three PT stories plus Poppy at Wildacres]
: Paul Hamlyn 1969

IDA RENTOUL OUTHWAITE and ANNIE RENTOUL

BOOKS illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

MOLLIE'S BUNYIP 1904
MOLLIE'S STAIRCASE 1906
AUSTRALIAN SONGS FOR YOUNG AND OLD 1907
GUM-TREE BROWNIE 1907
BEFORE THE LAMPS ARE LIT 1911
ELVES AND FAIRIES 1926
THE ENCHANTED FOREST 1921
THE LITTLE GREEN ROAD TO FAIRYLAND 1922
THE LITTLE FAIRY SISTER 1923
FAIRYLAND 1926
BLOSSOM 1928
BUNNY AND BROWNIE 1930
A BUNCH OF WILD FLOWERS 1933
SIXPENCE TO SPEND 1935
NURSERY RHYMES 1948
Plus contributions to:
THE SENTRY & THE SHELL FAIRY 1922
CENTENARY GIFT BOOK 1934
THE AUSTRALIAN WONDER BOOK 1935

ISABEL MAUDE PEACOCKE (MRS CLUETT)

ADOPTED FAMILY 1923
APRIL, MAY, JUNE 1943
BRENDA & THE BABES 1927
CATHLEEN WITH A "C" 1943
CHANGE PARTNERS 1955
CINDERELLA SUITORS 1918
CONCERNING THE MARLOWS 1950
CRUISE OF THE CRAZY JANE 1932
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE 1948
DICKY KNIGHT ERRANT 1917
DWARF OF DARK MOUNTAIN 1931
FIGS FROM THISTLES 1921
GINGER 1921
GOOD INTENTIONS OF ANGELA 1937
GUARDIAN 1920
GUARDIANS OF TONY 1933
HALCYONS FAMILY 1947
HAUNTED ISLAND 1930
HIS KID BROTHER 1926
HOUSE AT JOURNEYS END 1925
INCOMPATIBLES IN LOVE 1955
LITTLE BIT O’SUNSHINE 1924

LITTLE TREE 1952
LIZBETT ANNE 1939
LONDON CALLED THEM 1946
MARJOLAINE 1935
MISDOINGS OF MICY & MAC 1920
MY FRIEND PHIL 1915
NO MORE TEARS LYNN
PATRICIA PAT 1917
PICANINNIES 1920
QUICKSILVER 1922
RICH MANS RIDGE 1949
ROBIN OF THE ROUND HOUSE 1918
RUNAWAY PRINCESS 1929
SAND BABIES 1921
SAND PLAYMATES 1921
SHADOW VALLEY 1945
TATTERS 1928 VG 1928
TENNYWIGGLES 1921
UNCERTAIN LOVER 1953
WAIFS PROGRESS 1929
WHEN I WAS SEVEN 1927

LILLIAN PYKE (LILLIAN MAXWELL HEATH)

BEST SCHOOL OF ALL
BROTHER OF THE FLEET
BRUCE AT BOONDERONG CAMP
CAMP KIDDIES
JACK OF ST VIRGILS
LONE GUIDE OF MEREFIELD
MAX THE SPORT
PHIL OF THE CAMP
PRINCE AT SCHOOL
SATURDAY ISLAND
SECRET AT WALLABY ROCK
SHEILA OF HAPPY HILLS
SHEILA THE PREFECT
SQUIRMY AND BUBBLES
THREE BATCHELOR SCHOOLGIRLS

 

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