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…


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…


Papers of Jessie Street
Feminist, activist, and diplomat Jessie Street was an instrumental figure in Australian and world politics during the twentieth century. She was active in Australian and international organisations concerned with the causes she supported. Her papers from 1914 to 1968 in the National Library of Australia document her personal and family life,…

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…

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…

Papers of Jessie Street

Feminist, activist, and diplomat Jessie Street was an instrumental figure in Australian and world politics during the twentieth century. She was active in Australian and international organisations concerned with the causes she supported. Her papers…