Elinor Mordaunt (International) assertion Elinor Mordaunt i(A62554 works by) (birth name: Evelyn Mary Clowes) (a.k.a. Evelyn Mordaunt; Evie Clowes; Mrs M. W. Wiehe; Mrs Robert Rawnsley Bowles; Elenor Mordaunt; Eleanor Mordaunt; Elinor Mordant)
Also writes as: Evelyn May ; A. Riposte ; Ariposte ; John Heron ; E. M. Clowes
Born: Established: 7 May 1872 Nottinghamshire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 25 Jun 1942 Oxford, Oxfordshire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
Gender: Female
Visitor assertion Arrived in Australia: 1902 Departed from Australia: ca. 1911
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BiographyHistory

During her years in Australia Mordaunt contributed regularly to the Bulletin and the Lone Hand with a selection of these pieces published as Rosemary, That's for Remembrance. Her impressions of the state where she lived for nearly nine years are recorded in On the Wallaby through Victoria under her maiden name E. M. Clowes. Her early struggles to earn a living in Australia are described in the autobiography, Sinabada. In later years Mordaunt wrote prolifically, including over thirty novels and short fiction, and several accounts of her extensive travels in many remote places.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Only Mordaunt's books with Australian content and connection are listed.

  • See also the full Australian Dictionary of Biography Online entry for Evelyn May Mordaunt.

Known archival holdings

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