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(birth name:
Burwell, Ethel Mary
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(a.k.a.
Turner, Ethel Sybil; Turner, Ethel M.; Curlewis, Ethel; Curlewis, Mrs H. R.
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Also writes as: Dame Durden (3 works); Princess Ida; The Little Laureate (10 works); The Old Sailor (2 works); E. S. T. (2 works)
Born: 24 Jan 1870 Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Died: 8 Apr 1958 Mosman, New South Wales
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1880?
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Full biographical information is only available to AustLit Subscribers. A truncated and unformatted biographical extract follows: Ethel Turner was the second child of Bennett George Burwell, commercial traveller, and his wife Sarah Jane. Burwell died when Ethel was a baby and her mother remarried. Ethel and her elder sister Lilian took their stepfather's name, Turner, and were known by it throughout their professional careers. When Turner died his widow emigrated to Australia with her children. Sarah married again, this time a clerk, Charles Cope, and the family settled in Sydney.. Some of the details of Ethel's early life....To gain full access to the AustLit database become a subscriber. |
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Last amended:
19 Oct 2009