Who wrote the childrens book Seven Little Australians?

Answer 1

Seven Little Australians, considered as a classic of Australian children's literature was written by Ethel Sybil Turner (a.k.a. Curlewis, Ethel ).She was born in England on January 24,1872 and migrated to Australia with her family at the age of eight. She began writing in 1890 and published her first book "Seven Little Australians "in 1894. She has been awarded a number of prestigious literary awards and can easily be classed as one of Australia's best-loved authors. She died in 1958 in Sydney, Australia.

This book has been translated into ten languages, in 1915 made into a stage play, in 1939 a film, in 1953 it was televised in Britain and in 1973 and 1975 by the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

"Seven Little Australians" tells the story of the Woolcot Family of Sydney in 1880's. Captain Woolcot having lost his wife had remarried a much younger girl, bringing to the marriage 6 children. Another had come from the new marriage, so that the Captain felt it necessary to run the family with army discipline having seven mischievous and rebellious children. However his rules and regulations were no match for the fun loving children, led by the redoubtable Judy. It takes a tragedy to eventually bring the family together.

These seven children are the following:
*Meg - naive, romantic sixteen-year-old eldest sister and sometime surrogate mother to the younger children.
*Pip , 14 -, eldest brother, intelligent but badly-behaved.
*Judy, 13 - imaginative and lively, often leads the others into mischief and Pip's partner in crime.
*Nell, 10 - beautiful and slightly wistful child.
*Bunty, 6 - described as 'fat and very lazy'.
*Baby, 4 - was only a baby when her mother died.
*'The General' - the baby and the only natural child of Esther, who is stepmother to the other children.

This best selling novel, "Seven Little Australians", continuously in print for more than 105 years with over 40 editions published, was made into a TV series back in 1973 with Ethel Turner's son Adrian Curlewis as the co-producer.
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Answer 2

Ethel Turner

Written in 1894, when the author was only 21, this book has been a constant best seller and has taken its place as a classic of children's literature. It brings to the world the authentic taste of Australian childhood in the Sydney of the 1890s. The seven little Wollcots are real fleash-and-blood children and the reader shares with them their joys and sorrow. Their adventures and misadventures are as vivid as on the day they were written.

Seven Little Australians was followed up in 1895 with The Family at Misrule the second book in the Woolcott family series.

Turner followed these novels with 38 more books, released between 1895 and 1989.

Answer 3

Turner, Ethel (1872 - 1958)
Author
Born: 24 January 1872 Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. Died: 8 April 1958.
Published her first book Seven Little Australians in 1894. It has been translated into ten languages, in 1915 made into a stage play, in 1939 a film, in 1953 it was televised in Britain and in 1973 and 1975 by the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

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