Edith McKay explained
Gladys Edith McKay (20 February 1891 – 30 January 1963) was an Australian writer.[1]
| Edith McKay |
| Other Names: | Edith Dithmack |
| Birth Name: | Gladys Edith McKay |
| Birth Date: | 20 February 1891 |
| Birth Place: | Rockhampton |
| Death Date: | 30 January 1963 |
| Known For: | writer and nurse at Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service |
| Notable Works: | The House of Winston Blaker (1947) |
| Awards: | Radio short story award 1949 |
During World War I, McKay volunteered as a nurse and was sent overseas to Gallipoli and Serbia with the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service.[2] [3]
McKay is best known for her 1947 novel "The House of Winston Blaker".[4]
"The House of Winston Blaker" received mostly positive reviews nationally and was later adapted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a radio serial.[5] [6] [7]
McKay was also known for her short stories, written under the name of Edith Dithmack.[1] More than 120 of McKay's short stories were broadcast on ABC Radio in the 1940s.[8]
In 1949, McKay won the ABC's short story competition in 1949 for Faith.[9]
ABC Radio adapted another of McKay's works into a serial format in 1952. Unborn Tomorrow, inspired by the history of Kanaka labour on the Queensland sugarcane fields, was aired from Monday to Friday at 8:45am.[10]
McKay was born in Rockhampton, and worked as a solicitor's clerk in Bundaberg before settling in the Boonah district.[11] [9]
See also
Notes and References
- https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A9318 Author: Edith McKay
- Web site: Serbia, 1919. Portrait of nursing sisters Sterling (?Stirling) and Edith Mackay (on right). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201222075844/https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C203177 . 22 December 2020 . 2020-12-22. Australian War Memorial. en-AU.
- Web site: Mackay, Edith Jane (Nurse, Scottish Women's Hospital b.1875 - d.1961). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201222075829/https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C92615 . 22 December 2020 . 2020-12-22. Australian War Memorial. en.
- Miller, Simon (26 July 2013) The House of Winston Blaker: Business Front and Centre in a 1947 Novel, State Library of Queensland website. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- (25 November 1947) Queensland novel tells good tale, Maryborough Chronicle. Retrieved from National Library of Australia 20 August 2018.
- (17 January 1948) Novel of the Week: The House of Winston Blaker, The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved from National Library of Australia 20 August 2018.
- (3 January 1948) Four books of fiction, The Age. Retrieved from National Library of Australia 20 August 2018.
- (12 July 1949) Story winner, The Courier-Mail. Retrieved from National Library of Australia 20 August 2018.
- (12 July 1949) Boonah woman wins competition, Queensland Times. Retrieved from National Library of Australia 20 August 2018.
- (23 April 1952) New radio serial by Queensland writer, Weekly Times. Retrieved from National Library of Australia 20 August 2018.
- (13 June 1946) Our Contributors: E. Dithmack, Western Mail. Retrieved from National Library of Australia 20 August 2018.
