Gibbs, Cecilia May (1877 - 1969)

May Gibbs emigrated with her family to South Australia in 1881. She studied art in London, but returned to live in Perth, where she worked for the Western Mail. She moved to Sydney in 1913. Gibbs became known for her witty illustrations and her work was in demand. The first in her famous bush babies series, Gumnut Babies, was published in 1916. Snugglepot and Cuddlepie followed in 1918. Her cartoon strip, 'Bib and Bub', appeared in the Sydney Sunday News from 1925, while a second strip, 'Tiggy Touchwood', was published in the Sunday Sun under the pseudonym of Stan Cottman. May Gibbs was appointed MBE in 1955.

• Stan Cottman (pseudonym)

Books

• Gibbs, May, About Us, E.P. Dutton, London, 1912. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, Gum Blossom Babies, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1916. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, Wattle Babies, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1918. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, Boronia Babies, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1919. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, Flannel Flowers and Other Bush Babies, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1921. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, Little Obelia, and further adventures of Ragged Blossom, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1921. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, Nuttybub and Nittersing, Osboldstone & Co., Melbourne, 1923. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, Chucklebud and Wunkydoo, Osboldstone & Co., Melbourne, 1924. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, Bib and Bub: Their Adventures, Cornstalk, Sydney, 1925. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, The Further Adventures of Bib and Bub, Cornstalk, Sydney, 1927. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, More Funny Stories, Cornstalk, Sydney, 1928. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, Bib and Bub in Gumnut Town, Halstead Press, Sydney, 1929. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, Scotty in Gumnut Land, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1941. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1942. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, Mr and Mrs Bear and Friends, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1943. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, Prince Dande Lion: A Garden Whim-Wham, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1953. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, Alphabet Book, Collins Angus & Robertson, Pymble, NSW, 1992. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, Gumnut Babies, Angus & Robertson, Pymble, NSW, 2001. [ Details... ]
• Gibbs, May, The Magic of May Gibbs, Val Russell, Marion Child, Emma Sutton, Simone Coupland, Murray David Publishing, Davidson, NSW, 2008. [ Details... ]
• Walsh, Maureen, The May Gibbs Collection, Angus & Robertson, North Ryde, NSW, 1985. [ Details... ]
• Walsh, Maureen, May Gibbs, Mother of the Gumnuts, 3 edn, Sydney University Press, Sydney, 2007. [ Details... ]

Videorecordings

• Walsh, Maureen, An Interview with May Gibbs, 1 videocassette, Bustle Productions Pty Ltd, Coogee, NSW, 1986. [ Details... ]

See also

• Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au. [ Details... ]
• Radi, Heather (ed.), 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press, Sydney, 1988, 258 pp. (Also available at http://www.200australianwomen.com/) [ Details... ]