Elizabeth Powell (writer)

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Elizabeth Powell
Powell in 1928
Powell in 1928
BornEffie Williams
1898
Medindie, South Australia
Died16 May 1988(1988-05-16) (aged 89–90)
Adelaide, South Australia
Pen name
  • Kirkcaldy
  • E. Sandery
  • Patricia Ann
  • E. P. Carne
Occupation
  • Travel writer
  • author for children & young adults
Period1926–1944
Subject
  • Central Australia
  • Papua

Elizabeth Powell (1898 – 16 May 1988) was an Australian travel writer and author of children's and young adult fiction. She also wrote as Kirkcaldy, E. Sandery, Patricia Ann and E. P. Carne.

Life

Powell was born Effie Williams in Medindie, South Australia in 1898[1] and began writing stories as a child.[2]

Writing as E. Sandery, her short stories and poems appeared in The Observer and The Register from 1919.[3][4]

As Kirkcaldy, her short stories and nonfiction reports were published in The Journal and The Register from 1922[5][6][7] and she illustrated her own work, including fairy tales for the Saturday Journal and The Observer which appeared each week through to mid-1927.[8][9][10][11]

As E. Sandery, she wrote of her travels by camel and car in Central Australia and by boat in Papua for The Sydney Mail, The Daily Telegraph and The Australian Woman's Mirror from 1925.[12][13][14][15]

Having studied watercolour painting with Julian Ashton,[2] in 1928 she provided the illustrations for The Wild Oats of Han by Katharine Susannah Prichard.[1]

Writing as Patricia Ann, Powell answered readers' personal questions in a column for the Sun News-Pictorial in the 1930s. A selection of these columns was published by Publicity Press as In the Mailbag in 1938.[1]

Publications

Fiction

  • The Beehive, Cornstalk Publishing, 1928
  • Sunset Hill, Cornstalk Publishing, 1928
  • Mr Jigsaw, Cornstalk Publishing, 1928
  • In the Path of Thunder, Consolidated Press, 1938
  • The Fathers Have Eaten, Consolidated Press, 1939
  • The Old Brown House, Angus & Robertson, 1942

Nonfiction

  • Central Australia, Publicity Press, 1938
  • In the Mailbag, Publicity Press, 1938 (as Patricia Ann)

Personal

Powell married William Joseph Sandery on 23 February 1916. He was in the Light Horse but was medically discharged in August 1916.[16] He petitioned for divorce in 1931 on the grounds of her desertion since April 1926.[17] A son, Neil Sandery, was chief officer in the merchant navy and died in 1946.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c "'Elizabeth Powell'". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b May, Bernice (30 October 1928). "Elizabeth Powell". The Australian Woman's Mirror. 4 (49): 11. Retrieved 11 March 2024 – via Trove.
  3. ^ Sandery, E. (5 July 1919). "A Complete Story: To the Sunset". Observer. Vol. LXXVI, no. 5, 763. South Australia. p. 46. Retrieved 12 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Sandery, E. (27 September 1919). "Flowers". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXXIV, no. 22, 741. South Australia. p. 5. Retrieved 12 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Kirkcaldy (2 September 1922). "Mahommet and the Mountain". The Journal. Vol. LVII, no. 15920. South Australia. p. 11 (NIGHT EDITION). Retrieved 11 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Kirkcaldy (19 August 1922). "Roseworthy College". The Journal. Vol. LVII, no. 15908. South Australia. p. 6 (NIGHT EDITION). Retrieved 11 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Kirkcaldy (5 August 1922). "Songs of the Sea". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXXVII, no. 25, 462. South Australia. p. 4. Retrieved 11 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ Kirkcaldy (11 August 1923). "The Cloud Journey". Saturday Journal. Vol. LVIII, no. 16192. South Australia. p. 18. Retrieved 11 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ Kirkcaldy (22 September 1923). "All About Humpty Dumpty and Other Things". Saturday Journal. Vol. LVIII, no. 16198. South Australia. p. 18. Retrieved 11 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ Kirkcaldy (6 October 1923). "Children's Page". Observer. Vol. LXXX, no. 5, 984. South Australia. p. 48. Retrieved 11 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ Kirkcaldy (4 June 1927). "Where Mushrooms Grow". Observer. Vol. LXXXIV, no. 7, 071. South Australia. p. 55. Retrieved 11 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ Sandery, E. (30 September 1925). "Through the Never Never". The Sydney Mail. Vol. XXVII, no. 705. New South Wales, Australia. p. 8. Retrieved 12 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ Sandery, E. (25 May 1926). "Day by Day in Papua". The Daily Telegraph. No. 14, 495. New South Wales, Australia. p. 4. Retrieved 12 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ Sandery, E. (6 October 1925), "The Children of the Inland", The Australian Woman's Mirror, 1 (46), The Bulletin Newspaper: 8, retrieved 12 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia
  15. ^ Sandery, E. (6 April 1926), "The Chatelaine of Madiri A Lonely Papuan Outpost", The Australian Woman's Mirror, 2 (19), The Bulletin Newspaper: 8, retrieved 12 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia
  16. ^ "SANDERY, William Joseph". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  17. ^ "Divorce Proceedings". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 5 November 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 11 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. ^ "Chief Officer Neil Sandery". Commonwealth War Graves. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
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