Australian Women's Register

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne

Skip to content

Browse Entries

Use Trove to find more resources by/about this Woman

  • Trove

Gibbs, Cecilia May (1877 - 1969)

MBE

Born
17 January 1877
Sydenham, Kent, United Kingdom
Died
27 November 1969
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alternative Names
  • Stan Cottman (pseudonym)

Summary

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.

Sources used to compile this entry: 'Gibbs, Cecilia May (1877-1969)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, Australian National University, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080734b.htm.

Published resources

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

Online Resources

See also

Barbara Lemon

Created: 1 October 2008, Last modified: 27 October 2008

Site-wide information and acknowledgements

National Foundation for Australian Women The University of Melbourne, eScholarship Research Centre

http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE3692b.htm

The Australian Women's Register is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Australia License