In 1941, Bronnie Treloar (nee Taylor) was nineteen years of age and major resident scholar at Trinity College, Melbourne University. She had published lyrics for operetta and children's songs including: The Magic Basket, an Operetta, (music by Canon Wheeler); The Singer (Michael Head); and Songs for Young Australians (Edith Harrhy). As Bronnie Treloar, Treloar wrote a commentary on Moliere's Les Precieuses Ridicules, and a book on family history.
Treloar's academic awards included the Dwight Prize for Final Honours in the School of French Language and Literature, University of Melbourne, [1942] and the A. M. White Scholarship at Trinity College, [1942].
Treloar was married to Alan Treloar (q.v.).
Source: Meanjin Papers [vol. 1] no. 10 (Spring 1942): 24 and Meanjin Papers [vol. 1] no. 6 (Summer 1941): 24.