Louise Mack
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Marie Louise Hamilton Mack (10 October 1870 - 23 November 1935) was an Australia
n poet, journalist and novelist.
, Tasmania
. Her father, Hans Hamilton Mack, was a Wesleyan minister who moved the family from state to state on account of his work. By the time she was ready for secondary school, the family had taken up residence in Sydney. Mack attended Sydney High School where she met Ethel Turner
.
On 8 January 1896 she married John Percy Creed (d.1914), a barrister from Dublin; there were no children.
From 1898 until 1901, Mack wrote "A Woman's Letter" for the Bulletin
. Following this she travelled to England and Europe and did not return to Australia until 1916. During this time she reported from the front line of World War I for the London papers "Daily Mail" and "Evening News".
Her first novel was published in 1896 and her only collection of poetry in 1901.
On 1 September 1924 Louise married 33-year-old Allen Illingworth Leyland (d.1932). She died in Mosman, New South Wales in 1935.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n poet, journalist and novelist.
Biography
Mack was born in HobartHobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
, Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
. Her father, Hans Hamilton Mack, was a Wesleyan minister who moved the family from state to state on account of his work. By the time she was ready for secondary school, the family had taken up residence in Sydney. Mack attended Sydney High School where she met Ethel Turner
Ethel Turner
Ethel Turner was an Australian novelist and children's writer.She was born Ethel Mary Burwell in Doncaster in England. Her father died when she was two, leaving her mother Sarah Jane Burwell with two daughters . A year later, Sarah Jane married Henry Turner, who was twenty years older and had six...
.
On 8 January 1896 she married John Percy Creed (d.1914), a barrister from Dublin; there were no children.
From 1898 until 1901, Mack wrote "A Woman's Letter" for the Bulletin
Bulletin
Bulletin can refer to:Periodicals * The Bulletin, a now defunct Australian magazine* The Bulletin , an alternative weekly published in Montgomery County, Texas, United States...
. Following this she travelled to England and Europe and did not return to Australia until 1916. During this time she reported from the front line of World War I for the London papers "Daily Mail" and "Evening News".
Her first novel was published in 1896 and her only collection of poetry in 1901.
On 1 September 1924 Louise married 33-year-old Allen Illingworth Leyland (d.1932). She died in Mosman, New South Wales in 1935.
Novels
- The World is Round (1896)
- Teens: A Story of Australian School Girls (1897)
- Girls Together (1898)
- An Australian Girl in London (1902)
- Children of the Sun (1904)
- The Red Rose of a Summer (1909)
- Theodora's Husband (1909)
- In a White Palace (1910)
- The Romance of a Woman of Thirty (1911)
- Wife to Peter (1911)
- Attraction (1913)
- The Marriage of Edward (1913)
- The House of Daffodils (1914)
- The Music Makers: the love story of a woman composer (1914)
- Teens Triumphant (1933)
- Maiden's Prayer (1934)
External links
- Dictionary of Australian Biography http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100688b.htm