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BornElla May McFadyen
(1887-11-26)26 November 1887
Petersham, New South Wales
Died22 August 1976(1976-08-22) (aged 88)
Lane Cove, Sydney, Australia
Pen nameCinderella
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Years active1901-1970
Notable worksPegmen Tales

Ella May McFadyen (1887–1976) was an Australian children's author, poet and short story writer.

Early Life

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She was born in Petersham, outer Sydney, on 26 November 1887,[1]and brought up on a farm in Five Dock, until the age of 15, when her family moved to Brisbane Water on the central coast of NSW.[2] It was here that she began to write, and have poems and short stories published. She became a member of the Junior Red Cross in 1914.

Career

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From 1918-1938 she worked at The Sydney Mail,[3] after being offered the position of children's page editor. Under the name "Cinderella" she created a two page weekly column, featuring poems, short stories, natural history and correspondence from readers.

She died in Lane Cove, Sydney, on 22 August 1976.[1]

Books

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  • Songs of the Last Crusade (1917)[4]
  • Pegmen Tales (1946)
  • Pegmen Go Walkabout (1947)
  • Little Dragons of the Never Never (1948)
  • Kookaburra Comedies (1950)
  • The Wishing Star (1956)[5]
  • Big Book of Pegmen Tales (1959)[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Walford, Leslie. "McFadyen, Ella (1887–1976)". Obituaries Australia. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. ^ Gallagher, Emily (8 March 2019). "A slight bias towards eels and lizards". Inside Story. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Ella May Mcfadyen". Australian Literary Studies. 21 (3): 377. 2004 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ McFadyen, Ella (1917). "Songs of the last crusade". Trove. North Sydney : Winn. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  5. ^ "BOOK NEWS". Tribune (Sydney, NSW : 1939 - 1976). 7 October 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Wide Range Of Books For Young Readers". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 31 October 1959. p. 13. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
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Category:1887 births Category:1976 deaths Category:Australian women short story writers Category:20th-century Australian women writers Category:Australian writers Category:Australian women children's writers Category:Australian children's writers Category:Writers from New South Wales