Riddell, Elizabeth (1910 - 1998)

Born in New Zealand in 1910, Elizabeth Riddell was recruited as a journalist to work in Sydney straight from school. In 1939 she started work on The Sun newspaper, during World War Two she opened and ran the Daily Mirror's New York bureau, and in the 1960s, she became senior interviewer and critic for the arts pages of The Australian. Several books of her poetry have been published over the years.

Events

1939 - c. 1970	Career in journalism active
1968	Walkley Award (Print) - Best Newspaper Feature Story, The Australian - News Limited
1969	Walkley Award (Print) - Best Newspaper Feature Story, The Australian - News Limited

Australian Women Exhibitions

• The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cal/cal-home.html. [ Details... ]

Books

• Riddell, Elizabeth, The untrammelled, Viking, Sydney, 1940. [ Details... ]
• Riddell, Elizabeth, From the midnight courtyard, Angus and Robertson, North Ryde, 1989. [ Details... ]
• Riddell, Elizabeth, This Difficult Island, Molonglo Press., Deakin, 1994. [ Details... ]

Online Resources

• Portrait of Elizabeth Riddell, Bondi, 1984 [picture], http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an14483924. [ Details... ]
• Hughes, Robin, 'Interview with Elizabeth Riddell', in Australian Biography Online, Esther Multimedia and Film Australia, Film Australia, 1992, http://www.australianbiography.gov.au/riddell/index.html. [ Details... ]
• Portrait of Elizabeth Riddell [picture], 1970, http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an4001596. [ Details... ]