Elizabeth Powell (writer) explained

Elizabeth Powell
Birth Date:	1898
Period:	1926–1944
Death Place:	Adelaide, South Australia
Birth Place:	Medindie, South Australia
Birth Name:	Effie Williams

Elizabeth Powell (1898 – 16 May 1988) was an Australian travel writer and author of children's and young adult fiction. She also wrote as Kirkcaldy, E. Sandery, Patricia Ann and E. P. Carne.

Life

Powell was born Effie Williams in Medindie, South Australia in 1898^[1] and began writing stories as a child.^[2]

Writing as E. Sandery, her short stories and poems appeared in The Observer and The Register from 1919.^{[3] [4]}

As Kirkcaldy, her short stories and nonfiction reports were published in The Journal and The Register from 1922^{[5] [6] [7]} and she illustrated her own work, including fairy tales for the Saturday Journal and The Observer which appeared each week through to mid-1927.^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

As E. Sandery, she wrote of her travels by camel and car in Central Australia and by boat in Papua for The Sydney Mail, The Daily Telegraph and The Australian Woman's Mirror from 1925.^{[12] [13]}

Having studied watercolour painting with Julian Ashton, in 1928 she provided the illustrations for The Wild Oats of Han by Katharine Susannah Prichard.

Writing as Patricia Ann, Powell answered readers' personal questions in a column for the Sun News-Pictorial in the 1930s. A selection of these columns was published by Publicity Press as In the Mailbag in 1938.

Publications

Fiction

• The Beehive, Cornstalk Publishing, 1928
• Sunset Hill, Cornstalk Publishing, 1928
• Mr Jigsaw, Cornstalk Publishing, 1928
• In the Path of Thunder, Consolidated Press, 1938
• The Fathers Have Eaten, Consolidated Press, 1939
• The Old Brown House, Angus & Robertson, 1942

Nonfiction

• Central Australia, Publicity Press, 1938
• In the Mailbag, Publicity Press, 1938 (as Patricia Ann)

Personal

Powell married William Joseph Sandery on 23 February 1916. He was in the Light Horse but was medically discharged in August 1916.^[14] He petitioned for divorce in 1931 on the grounds of her desertion since April 1926.^[15] A son, Neil Sandery, was chief officer in the merchant navy and died in 1946.^[16]

She died in Adelaide on 16 May 1988.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Elizabeth Powell' . 2024-03-11 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
2. May . Bernice . 1928-10-30 . Elizabeth Powell . The Australian Woman's Mirror . en . 4 . 49 . 11 . 2024-03-11 . Trove.
3. News: Sandery . E. . 5 July 1919 . A Complete Story: To the Sunset . 12 March 2024 . Observer . South Australia . 46 . National Library of Australia . LXXVI . 5,763.
4. News: Sandery . E. . 27 September 1919 . Flowers . 12 March 2024 . . South Australia . 5 . National Library of Australia . LXXXIV . 22,741.
5. News: Kirkcaldy . 2 September 1922 . Mahommet and the Mountain . 11 March 2024 . The Journal . South Australia . 11 (NIGHT EDITION) . National Library of Australia . LVII . 15920.
6. News: Kirkcaldy . 19 August 1922 . Roseworthy College . 11 March 2024 . The Journal . South Australia . 6 (NIGHT EDITION) . National Library of Australia . LVII . 15908.
7. News: Kirkcaldy . 5 August 1922 . Songs of the Sea . 11 March 2024 . . South Australia . 4 . National Library of Australia . LXXXVII . 25,462.
8. News: Kirkcaldy . 11 August 1923 . The Cloud Journey . 11 March 2024 . Saturday Journal . South Australia . 18 . National Library of Australia . LVIII . 16192.
9. News: Kirkcaldy . 22 September 1923 . All About Humpty Dumpty and Other Things . 11 March 2024 . Saturday Journal . South Australia . 18 . National Library of Australia . LVIII . 16198.
10. News: Kirkcaldy . 6 October 1923 . Children's Page . 11 March 2024 . Observer . South Australia . 48 . National Library of Australia . LXXX . 5,984.
11. News: Kirkcaldy . 4 June 1927 . Where Mushrooms Grow . 11 March 2024 . Observer . South Australia . 55 . National Library of Australia . LXXXIV . 7,071.
12. News: Sandery . E. . 30 September 1925 . Through the Never Never . 12 March 2024 . . New South Wales, Australia . 8 . National Library of Australia . XXVII . 705.
13. News: Sandery . E. . 25 May 1926 . Day by Day in Papua . 12 March 2024 . The Daily Telegraph . New South Wales, Australia . 4 . National Library of Australia . 14,495.
14. Web site: SANDERY, William Joseph . 2024-03-11 . National Archives of Australia.
15. News: 5 November 1931 . Divorce Proceedings . 11 March 2024 . . South Australia . 9 . National Library of Australia.
16. Web site: Chief Officer Neil Sandery . 2024-03-11 . Commonwealth War Graves.