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Kelly, Ethel Knight (5 works by) (birth name: Mollison, Ethel) (a.k.a. Kelly, Ethel; Moore, Ethel Knight) Born: 28 Jan 1875 New Brunswick, Canada Died: 22 Sep 1949 Darlinghurst, New South Wales Gender: Female Heritage: Canadian Arrived in Australia: 1903 Archives: Search for literary archives for Kelly, Ethel Knight

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Ethel Knight Kelly was a Canadian actor who came to Australia in 1903 for the Australian season of a J. C. Williamson play. However, after she married in Melbourne later that year, she left the stage and settled in Australia. She became a well-known socialite and was also involved in fundraising for charitable causes. After World War 1 she edited the women's pages of Smith's Weekly. From the mid-1920s she spent ten years in Italy, where most of her books were written. She returned to Australia i....

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