Authors by year of birth
Eleanor Dark was born Eleanor O'Reilly at Burwood in Sydney in 1901, the only daughter of writer Dowell O'Reilly (q.v.). She was educated at a number of Sydney schools, including Redlands, but did...
In his article 'Some Facts about a Long Fiction: The Publication of Capricornia', Southerly 41.1 (1981): 82-104, Craig Munro notes that Xavier Herbert used the name 'Herbert Astor' for his stories in...
Kenneth Slessor's family moved from Orange to Sydney in 1903. Slessor was a voracious reader and began writing poetry as a child. He was educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore...
Born in Sydney, Christina Stead graduated from Sydney Teachers College in 1921 and taught for several years, but resigned in 1924 to work in an office and save for a fare to London. She left...
Born in Dubbo, Lennie Lower moved with his mother to Sydney after she separated from Lower's alcoholic father. After attending Darlinghurst Public School, Lower served in the army and the navy during...
Betty Roland left school at sixteen to pursue a career in journalism, working for Table Talk and Sun News-Pictorial. Roland married Ellis Harvey Davies in 1923, but ten years later she eloped with...
Leslie Rees was educated at Subiaco Primary School, Perth Modern College and the University of Western Australia (1924-1929). While at the University of Western Australia, he edited the student...
The son of a Presbyterian Minister, A. D. Hope was educated at home and at schools in Tasmania and New South Wales before matriculating to Sydney University where he studied English and philosophy....
Eve Langley was born at Forbes, New South Wales, in 1908. She was educated in Forbes and later worked at several jobs in Melbourne before accompanying her sister, June, as an itinerant farm labourer...
