Ethel Turner was an English-born Australian novelist and children's literature writer.
12 Facts About Ethel Turner
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Ethel Turner was born Ethel Mary Burwell in Doncaster in England.
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Ethel Turner's father died when she was two, leaving her mother Sarah Jane Burwell with two daughters.
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Henry Ethel Turner died suddenly, leaving Sarah Jane with nine children and little income.
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Ethel Turner started her writing career at eighteen, founding the Parthenon, a journal for young people, with her sister Lillian.
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The house, Avenel, is where Ethel Turner spent the rest of her years.
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Ethel Turner survived her daughter Jean Curlewis, who died of tuberculosis, by 28 years.
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Ethel Turner's son Adrian was a barrister, captain in WW2 and a Changi and Thai-Burma Railway POW and later judge.
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Ethel Turner is buried at Macquarie Park Cemetery in Sydney's North.
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Ethel Turner's best-known work is her first novel, Seven Little Australians, which is widely considered a classic of Australian children's literature and was an instant hit both in Australia and overseas.
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Ethel Turner published a number of other books for children, short stories and poems.
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Ethel Turner was awarded a number of prestigious literary awards and could be considered one of Australia's best-loved authors.