Nora Kelly was a New Zealand-born Australian journalist, poet and playwright, who wrote as Nora McAuliffe.[1] She also wrote as John Egan and Flossy Fluffytop.[2] She wrote the "Women's Letter" in The Bulletin for fifteen years.
Nora Kelly | |
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 Portrait of Kelly by May Moore, 1927 | |
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Biography edit
Kelly was born in Dunedin, New Zealand[3] and educated at St Dominic's College.[2] Her career in journalism began by writing "The Dunedin Letter" for the Christchurch Sun[3] and she began contributing poetry[4][5] and short stories[6] to The Lone Hand.
She moved to Sydney, Australia and was employed by The Bulletin in 1917,[7] which also published some of her war poetry.[8] She took over writing its "Women's Letter" in 1919 from Margaret Cox-Taylor who wrote as Vandorian.[9] She fulfilled that role until 1934, when she left for England.[10] She remained its social editor until at least 1950.[11]
Kelly was a founding member of the Society of Women Writers[12] and served as president in 1941–43.[13][14]
The first play she wrote was Love, performed by the Sydney University Dramatic Society in October 1921.[15] It was described as "a sketch distinguished for its smart dialogue, but rather unconvincing".[16]
Her 1931 play, The Rose, was performed in a testimonial to Steele Rudd, along with works by Vance Palmer, Louis Esson, Carrie Tennant and Basil Garstang.[17]
Works edit
Poetry edit
- The song-maker and other verse, 1937
- 1940–1942, 1944
Plays edit
- The Rose (1931)
- Half Way to Paradise (1937)
- The Sea Chest (1938)
References edit
- ^ "Nora McAuliffe". AusStage. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Miss Nora Kelly". Sunraysia Daily. Vol. I, no. 86. Victoria, Australia. 25 January 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Nora Kelly". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ McAuliffe, Nora (1 September 1911), "Aspirations", The Lone Hand, 9 (53), W. McLeod: 410, retrieved 7 October 2021
- ^ McAuliffe, Nora (1 July 1913), "The Little Heart", The Lone Hand, 13 (75), W. McLeod: 226, retrieved 7 October 2021
- ^ McAuliffe, Nora (1 February 1916), "Outnumbered", The Lone Hand, 5 (3), W. McLeod: 226, retrieved 7 October 2021
- ^ "Miss Nora Kelly". Sunraysia Daily. Vol. I, no. 86. Victoria, Australia. 25 January 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Sharkey, Michael. "'But who considers woman day by day?' Australian women poets and World War I." Australian Literary Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, Apr. 2007, pp. 63+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A177553280/AONE?u=slnsw_public&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=4a76776d. Accessed 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Journalistic Changes". Sunday Times. No. 1730. New South Wales, Australia. 16 March 1919. p. 13. Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Sidelights on Show Festivities". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 6 August 1934. p. 16 (City Final Last Minute News). Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Red Page Some "Bulletin" History", The Bulletin, 71 (3651), John Haynes and J.F. Archibald: 2, 1 February 1950, ISSN 0007-4039
- ^ Heath, Lesley. "Society of Women Writers 1925–1935." Australian Literary Studies, vol. 21, no. 3, May 2004, pp. 362+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A120254324/AONE?u=slnsw_public&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=aea000e0. Accessed 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Men At This Tea Party". Sunday Mail. No. 601. Queensland, Australia. 26 October 1941. p. 9. Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Women's Letter", The Bulletin, 64 (3330), John Haynes and J.F. Archibald: 25, 8 December 1943, ISSN 0007-4039
- ^ "Gossip from Sydney". The Telegraph. No. 15258. Queensland, Australia. 22 October 1921. p. 12 (Second edition). Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Music and Drama". The Sydney Mail. Vol. XX, no. 499. New South Wales, Australia. 19 October 1921. p. 29. Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Testimonial to Steele Rudd: Souvenir programme, Fellowship of Australian Writers, 1931, retrieved 7 October 2021
External links edit
- Article on Nora McAuliffe by Bernice May (Zora Cross) in The Australian Woman's Mirror, 7 August 1928, p.10