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Palmer, Janet Gertrude (Nettie) (1885 - 1964)

Born
18 August 1885
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Died
19 October 1964
Occupation
Author, Critic, Editor, Journalist and Print Journalist
Alternative Names
  • Higgins, Nettie (maiden name)

Summary

Nettie Palmer became involved in the suffrage movement and the socialist movement while she was completing her tertiary studies in London. It was there that she met her husband, Vance Palmer, and by 1917 the couple had returned to Australia with their first daughter, Aileen. A second daughter, Helen, was born that year. The family lived at Emerald, Victoria. Both Vance and Nettie were opponents of censorship and conscription, and Nettie had a regular column in the Argus. She also wrote for the Illustrated Tasmanian Mail and the Bulletin Red Page. Her essay on Modern Australian Literature 1900-1923 was published in 1924. Nettie Palmer became editor of the anti-fascist journal for women, Women Today, and edited memoirs, published short stories and poetry anthologies, made translations, and lectured to young writers.

Details

Events

c. 1910 - c. 1930
Career in journalism active

Sources used to compile this entry: Duffy, C. J., 'Palmer, Janet Gertrude (Nettie) (1885-1964)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, Australian National University, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110134b.htm.

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Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Miles Franklin - Papers, 1841-1954, 1841 - 1954, MLMSS 364; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Papers of Eleanor Dark, 1923 - 1974, MS 4998; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

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Books

  • Palmer, Nettie, The South Wind, John G. Wilson, London, 1914, 58 pp. Details
  • Palmer, Nettie, Shadowy Paths, Euston Press, London, 1915, 56 pp. Details
  • Palmer, Nettie, Talking It Over, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1932, 148 pp. Details
  • Palmer, Nettie, Fourteen Years: Extracts from a Private Journal, 1925-1939, Meanjin Press, Melbourne, 1948, 250 pp. Details
  • Palmer, Nettie, Henry Handel Richardson: A Study, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1950, 214 pp. Details

Booklets

  • Palmer, Nettie and Len Fox, Australians in Spain: Our Pioneers Against Fascism, Current Book Distributors, Sydney, 1948, 64 pp. Details

Edited Books

  • Palmer, Nettie (ed.), An Australian Story-Book, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1930, 280 pp. Details
  • Smith, Vivian (ed.), Letters of Vance and Nettie Palmer, 1915-1963, Vance and Nettie Palmer, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 1977, 254 pp. Details

Lectures

  • Palmer, Nettie (ed.), 'Modern Australian Literature (1900-1923)', Lothian Prize Essay, Lothian Publishing Co, Melbourne, 1924. Details

Online Resources

See also

Barbara Lemon

Created: 8 October 2008, Last modified: 27 October 2008

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