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."

Link - Forrest, Mabel (1872–1935)

Australian Dictionary of Biography

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Wikipedia

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History & Philosophy in Queensland

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Link - OBITUARY - Mrs. Mabel Forrest

Trove: Argus (Melbourne, Vic.: 1848 - 1957), Tuesday 19 March 1935, page 8

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Link - 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.