Beatrice Grimshaw
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Beatrice Grimshaw was a writer based in Papua New Guinea
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She was born in Dunmurry
, County Antrim
, Ireland. She worked as a freelance journalist in Dublin from 1891-1903 before moving to Papua
, where she was to remain for twenty-seven years, and a close friend of Sir Hubert Murray
.
In 1936, she retired to Kelso, New South Wales
, where she remained for the rest of her life.
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
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She was born in Dunmurry
Dunmurry
Dunmurry is an urban townland, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Located between Belfast and Lisburn, it was once a rural village, but is now within the Greater Belfast conurbation...
, County Antrim
County Antrim
County Antrim is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,844 km², with a population of approximately 616,000...
, Ireland. She worked as a freelance journalist in Dublin from 1891-1903 before moving to Papua
Papua (Australian territory)
The Territory of Papua comprised the southeastern quarter of the island of New Guinea from 1883 to 1949. It became a British Protectorate in the year 1884, and four years later it was formally annexed as British New Guinea...
, where she was to remain for twenty-seven years, and a close friend of Sir Hubert Murray
Hubert Murray
Sir John Hubert Plunkett Murray, usually known as Hubert Murray, was a judge and Lieutenant-Governor of Papua from 1908 until his death at Samarai.-Early life:...
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In 1936, she retired to Kelso, New South Wales
Kelso, New South Wales
Kelso is a suburb of Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, in the Bathurst Regional Council area.-History:Kelso was the original European settlement in the area. In 1816, the initial settlement of Bathurst was established on the eastern banks of the Macquarie River, in current-day Kelso...
, where she remained for the rest of her life.
Films
- The Adorable OutcastThe Adorable OutcastThe Adorable Outcast is a 1928 Australian silent film directed by Norman Dawn about an adventurer who romances an island girl. The big-budget film was shot mostly on location in Fiji. The film initially performed strongly at the box office but soon tailed off, and expected overseas success did not...
(1928) was based on her 1922 novel Conn of the Coral Seas
Publications
- Vaiti of the Islands (1907) a novel
- From Fiji to the Cannibal Islands (1907)
- In the Strange South Seas (1908)
- The New New Guinea (1910)
- When the Red Gods Call (1911) best known of her many novels, all out of print
- Isles of Adventure (1930) about her own travels
Sources
- The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (2nd ed.) Oxford University Press, Melbourne 1994