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Elizabeth Backhouse Elizabeth Backhouse i(A35586 works by) (birth name: Enid Elizabeth Backhouse)
Born: Established: 1917 Northam, Northam area, Northam - Southern Cross area, Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Elizabeth Backhouse was educated in Northam and Perth. During World War II, she served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and then spent a further five years in Europe. In the UK, she wrote scenarios for film producer Alexander Korda, working with Korda Films for several years.

Backhouse writes in several genres, which include novels and detective fiction, plays for television and the theatre and scenarios for ballet, some of which are unpublished. Her papers (1933-1993) are held by JS Battye Library (MN1433).

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  • Tape of interview with Backhouse by Stuart Reid held NLA.
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