- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0156
Turner, Lilian Wattnall Burwell
- Birth name Burwell, Lilian Irene Wattnall
Married name Thompson, Lillian Irene Lindsay
Lilian Turner, 1927
Photographer: May Moore
Image courtesy of National Library of Australia (PIC P653/10 LOC M4)
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-134695913
- Born 21 August 1867, Lincoln, Yorkshire, England
- Died 25 August 1956, Turramurra, New Sout, Australia
- Occupation Author, Journalist
Summary
Lilian Turner was the older sister of Ethel, with whom she wrote stories and edited magazines while at Sydney Girls’ High School. She won the Cassell and Co. (London publishers) literary competition for her novel The Lights of Sydney.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Turner, Lilian Wattnall Burwell (1870-1956), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-757075