![]() ![]() The house, Avenel, is where Ethel Turner spent the rest of her years. After living in Mosman, they built their own house overlooking Middle Harbour. In 1896 Ethel married Herbert Curlewis, a lawyer. Woodlands still stands today in Werona Avenue and is where she wrote Seven Little Australians. In 1891, the family moved to Inglewood (now known as Woodlands ), a large house in Lindfield, now Killara, which was then out in the country. As ' Dame Durden' she wrote children's columns for the Illustrated Sydney News and later for the Australian Town and Country Journal. She started her writing career at eighteen, founding the Parthenon, a journal for young people, with her sister Lillian. Įthel Turner was educated at Paddington, New South Wales Public School and Sydney Girls High School -she was one of the school's original thirty-seven pupils. ![]() ![]() In 1879 Sarah Jane moved to Australia with Ethel, Lillian, and Rose within the next two years she married Charles Cope and gave birth to his son Rex. Henry Turner died suddenly, leaving Sarah Jane with nine children and little income. Sarah Jane and Henry had a daughter, Rose. A year later, Sarah Jane married Henry Turner, who was 20 years older and had six children of his own. Her father died when she was two, leaving her mother Sarah Jane Burwell with two daughters (Ethel and Lillian). She was born Ethel Mary Burwell in Doncaster in England. Ethel Turner (24 January 1870 – 8 April 1958) was an English-born Australian novelist and children's literature writer. ![]()
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