Helena Mabel Checkley
FORREST
Also known as:
née Mills, Mabel, Helena Mabel Mills, Mabel Burkinshaw, Reca
Born:
6/03/1872
Died:
18/03/1935
Special Achievements:
Civic poet of Queensland and state's unofficial Poet Laureate.
Additional Information:
1925 - Her first book The Wild Moth was adapted by film maker Charles Chauvel in his first film The Moth of Moonbi.
1932 - Described as "the only women in Australia to make a living out of poetry."
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- Forrest, Mabel (1872–1935)
Australian Dictionary of Biography
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- Mabel Forrest
History & Philosophy in Queensland
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- OBITUARY - Mrs. Mabel Forrest
Trove: Argus (Melbourne, Vic.: 1848 - 1957), Tuesday 19 March 1935, page 8
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- OBITUARY MRS. MABEL FORREST
Trove: Mercury (Hobart, Tas.: 1860 - 1954), Tuesday 19 March 1935, page 10
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Image
- Mabel Forrest
Forrest, M. (Mabel) (1872-1935); Negative number: 122087
State Library of Queensland. Out of copyright.