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Cross, Zora Bernice May (1890 - 1964)

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Born
18 May 1890
Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia
Died
22 January 1964
Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia

Summary

Cross was born in Brisbane, attending school in rural Queensland and New South Wales before graduating from teacher's college in Sydney. After leaving teaching to have a baby, who died, she went on to support herself through acting and journalism. In 1916 she began an unconventional relationship with editor of the Bulletin's 'Red Page', David McKee Wright, and they had two children. From 1908 she contributed poems and short stories to newspapers and periodicals like the Australian Town and Country Journal, and the Bulletin. She also published five volumes of poetry and several novels, including Daughters of the Seven Mile (1924) and The Lute-Girl of Rainyvale: A Story of Love, Mystery and Adventure in North Queensland (1925).

Published resources

Books

  • Cross, Zora, Daughters of the Seven Mile : the love story of an Australian woman, Hutchinson, London, 288 pp. Details
  • Cross, Zora, The lute-girl of Rainyvale : a story of love, mystery, and adventure in North Queensland, Hutchinson & Co., London, 1925, 288 pp. Details

See also

Archival resources

Fisher Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Sydney

  • Papers of Zora Cross; Fisher Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Sydney. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Collection of manuscripts and correspondence of Australian authors 1864-1925 [manuscript], 1864 - 1925, NLA MS 3605; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Rachael Weaver

Created: 11 February 2009, Last modified: 10 June 2015