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Tilly Aston Tilly Aston i(A11387 works by) (a.k.a. Matilda Ann Aston)
Born: Established: 11 Dec 1873 Carisbrook, Maryborough (Vic) area, Clunes - Maryborough - Dunolly area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 1 Nov 1947 Windsor, South Yarra - Glen Iris area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Memoirs of Tilly Aston : Australia's Blind Poet, Author and Philanthropist Tilly Aston , Melbourne : Hawthorn Press , 1946 Z815366 1946 single work
1 y separately published work icon The Inner Garden Tilly Aston , Melbourne : Tilly Aston , 1940 Z559533 1940 selected work poetry
1 On Writing a Book Tilly Aston , 1939 single work column
— Appears in: Bohemia : The All-Australian Literary Magazine , April no. 1 1939; (p. 17-18)
1 y separately published work icon Old Timers : Sketches and Word Pictures of the Old Pioneers Tilly Aston , Melbourne : Lothian , 1938 Z19062 1938 selected work short story
1 1 y separately published work icon Songs of Light Tilly Aston , London Melbourne : Arthur Barron Lothian , 1935 Z559647 1935 selected work poetry
1 A Bird's Nest i "With merry heart and eager hands", Tilly Aston , 1924 single work poetry
— Appears in: School Paper : Grades V and VI , October no. 309 1924; (p. 136-137)
1 y separately published work icon Singable Songs Tilly Aston , Melbourne : Robertson and Mullens , 1924 Z559754 1924 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon The Austral Year Tilly Aston , Melbourne : R. Jolley , 1919 Z815369 1919 selected work poetry
1 The King's Friend i "The monarch gazed on the rigid form of his well-beloved hound,", Tilly Aston , 1918 single work poetry
— Appears in: School Paper : Grades V and VI , July no. 239 1918; (p. 90-91)
1 Two Thieving Cousins i "Myna to the Starling said,", Tilly Aston , 1913 single work poetry
— Appears in: The School Paper for Grades III and IV , Oct 1, no. 197 1913; (p. 156)
1 y separately published work icon The Woolinappers, Or Some Tales of the By-Ways of Methodism Tilly Aston , Melbourne : Spectator Publishing , 1905 Z559419 1905 selected work short story
1 Miss Lewesham's Hallucination Tilly Aston , 1902 single work short story
— Appears in: The Microbe , August vol. 1 no. 8 1902; (p. 3-8)
1 In Westminster Abbey i "Would I be nearer God if I should sleep", Tilly Aston , 1902 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Microbe , April vol. 1 no. 5 1902; (p. 16)
1 The Impress of Silence i "Like crystal goblet standing on its brim", Tilly Aston , 1902 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Microbe , February vol. 1 no. 3 1902; (p. 11-12)
1 Winter Flowers i "Our fathers tell us, southern born,", Tilly Aston , 1901 single work poetry
— Appears in: Maiden Verses 1901; The School Paper : Grades V and VI , August no. 296 1923; (p. [97]-98) The School Paper : Grades V and VI , July no. 372 1930; (p. 87-88)
1 y separately published work icon Maiden Verses Tilly Aston , Melbourne : Tilly Aston , 1901 Z559975 1901 selected work poetry

'This book contains verses written by Tilly Aston. Matilda Ann (Tilly) Aston was a blind writer and teacher who was born in Carisbrook, Victoria in 1873. She became totally blind at the age of seven. She learned Braille and gained her Matriculation Certificate, spending a short time at Melbourne University. She helped to establish the Victorian Association of Braille Writers and to found the Association for the Advancement of the Blind. She was the first Secretary and later President of the latter association. She was appointed the Head of the School for the Blind in Melbourne and retired from this position in 1925. She published several books of verse and prose. There is a Parliamentary electorate in Victoria called Aston.'(Publication summary)
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