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`Marsupial Bill' (Brisbane, 1879).
`Miscellaneous Poems' (London and Brisbane, 1880).
`Convict Once, and other Poems' (Melbourne, 1885, 1888).
`Fayette, or Bush Revels' (Brisbane, 1892).
`Poetical Works' (Sydney, 1902).
Storrie, Agnes L. (Mrs. Kettlewell).
Born near Adelaide, South Australia; now resident in Sydney.
`Poems' (Sydney, 1899).
Turner, Ethel (Mrs. H. R. Curlewis).
Born at Doncaster, England, 24th January, 1872. Daughter of H. Turner, of Scottish family; mother English. Arrived in Australia, 1880.
Educated, Sydney High School, where she conducted a school paper.
Edited `The Parthenon', and engaged in journalistic work for some years.
Published "Seven Little Australians", 1894, and since then twelve other children's books.
`Gum Leaves' [Sydney, n.d. (1900), prose and verse].
Twisleton, Henry Lea.
Born at Winskill, near Settle, Yorks.h.i.+re, England, 9th November, 1847.
Arrived in New Zealand, September, 1876; since then engaged in bush work and teaching. At present teacher at Te Awaite, near Picton, N.Z.
`Poems in the Craven Dialect', by T. Twisleton, with poems by H. L. Twisleton (Settle, 1876).
`Poems' (Wellington, N.Z., 1895).
Wentworth, William Charles.
Born at Norfolk Island, 26th October, 1793; son of D'Arcy Wentworth, a surgeon from Dublin. Educated, Greenwich, England, and Cambridge University. Returned to Australia and took foremost part in securing a Const.i.tution for Australia. Founder of Sydney University.
Went to England, 1862. Died at Wimborne, Dorset, 20th March, 1872.
`Australasia, a Poem' (London, 1823, 1873).
Werner, Alice (Miss).
Born at Trieste, Austria, 1859; mother English, father German.
In the same year the family emigrated to New Zealand, and lived at Dunedin.
Went with her father to Mexico in 1864, and then to London.
Newnham College, 1878-80. Writing for `The Speaker' and other papers until 1893. Went to South Africa, studying native languages.
Returned to London, 1896. Now writing stories and verse.
`The King of the Silver City' (London).
`A Time and Times' (London, 1886).
Whitney, George Charles.
Born at Drummoyne, near Sydney, 25th May, 1884; father Australian, mother English. Educated, Fort Street Public School and Sydney University.
Graduated B.A., 1906.
Wilc.o.x, Dora (Miss).
Born at Christchurch, New Zealand, 1873; father an Englishman, mother New Zealander. Matriculated, Canterbury College.
Teaching in New South Wales and New Zealand for some years.
Went to Europe, and is now in London.
`Verses from Maoriland' (London, 1905).
Wilson, Mrs. James Glenny.
Born (Ann Adams), at Greenvale, Victoria, 11th June, 1848; father from North of Ireland, mother member of an Aberdeens.h.i.+re family.
Educated at home. Married, 1874, and went to New Zealand, and has been living at Rangitikei ever since.
`Themes and Variations' (London, 1889).
`A Book of Verses' (London, 1901).
Wright, David McKee.
Born in Co. Down, Ireland, 6th August, 1869; son of Rev. W. Wright, author of "The Brontes in Ireland", etc. Arrived in New Zealand, 1887.
Entered Congregational Ministry, 1898. Now stationed at Nelson, N.Z.
`Aorangi, and other Verses' (1896).
`Station Ballads, and other Verses' (Dunedin, 1897).
`Wisps of Tussock' (Oamaru, 1900).
`New Zealand Chimes' (Wellington, 1900).
