UNESCO Women in History

Seven Little Australians Manuscript by Ethel Turner


Seven Little Australians Manuscript by Ethel Turner
Ethel Turner (1870 – 1958) was an English-born Australian novelist and children's literature writer. Her best known work is her first novel, Seven Little Australians. The original 1893 manuscript is the tangible embodiment of Turner’s creative process. The novel Seven Little Australians was first published in 1894 and has been in print longer…

Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) Deaconess Collection


Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) Deaconess Collection
The Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) Deaconess Collection shines a light on a group of 175 New Zealand women, who over 75 years, from 1901-1975, served many of New Zealand’s poor and vulnerable yet to this day receive very limited recognition. The Deaconesses were an order for women in the Presbyterian Church. However, they could…


Annabella Boswell's Papers
Annabella Alexandra Campbell Innes [1826-1914] was born and lived in New South Wales (including several years at Lake Innes, Port Macquarie). She moved to Scotland with her husband, Andrew Boswell, and children in 1856. She was a prolific diarist and letter writer who wanted to pass on her memories of her life in Australia and so she collected…

‘Core of my Heart’ (later ‘My Country’), Original Manuscript Draft Poem by Dorothea Mackellar


‘Core of my Heart’ (later ‘My Country’), Original Manuscript Draft Poem by Dorothea Mackellar
In 2017 Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968) became the first Australian woman writer to be honoured by UNESCO when the manuscript copy of ‘Core of My Heart’ (later ‘My Country’) was inscribed onto the Australian Memory of the World register. It was also the first literary work to be inscribed onto the Australian register. ‘My Country’, Mackellar’s…

Seven Little Australians Manuscript by Ethel Turner

Ethel Turner (1870 – 1958) was an English-born Australian novelist and children's literature writer. Her best known work is her first novel, Seven Little Australians. The original 1893 manuscript is the tangible embodiment of Turner’s creative…

Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) Deaconess Collection

The Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) Deaconess Collection shines a light on a group of 175 New Zealand women, who over 75 years, from 1901-1975, served many of New Zealand’s poor and vulnerable yet to this day receive very limited…

Annabella Boswell's Papers

Annabella Alexandra Campbell Innes [1826-1914] was born and lived in New South Wales (including several years at Lake Innes, Port Macquarie). She moved to Scotland with her husband, Andrew Boswell, and children in 1856. She was a prolific diarist and…

‘Core of my Heart’ (later ‘My Country’), Original Manuscript Draft Poem by Dorothea Mackellar

In 2017 Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968) became the first Australian woman writer to be honoured by UNESCO when the manuscript copy of ‘Core of My Heart’ (later ‘My Country’) was inscribed onto the Australian Memory of the World register. It was also…