Winifred Lewellin James

Winifred Lewellin James
Born(1876-03-20)20 March 1876
Died27 April 1941(1941-04-27) (aged 65)
Sydney, New South Wales
OccupationNovelist, travel writer and journalist
NationalityAustralian

Winifred Lewellin James (20 March 1876 – 27 April 1941)[1] was an Australian writer. As a novelist, travel writer and journalist, her career began with her first novel published in 1907. During her time in London, she lost her Australian nationality,[2] only regaining it in 1935.

Born at Prahran, near Melbourne, Victoria, in 1876,[3] James was the ninth surviving child of Thomas James, Wesleyan minister from Cornwall, and his wife Gertrude (née Peterson), from Yorkshire, England. She was educated privately at St Kilda.

References

  1. ^ "Winifred James". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  2. ^ "OBITUARY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 32, 240. New South Wales, Australia. 28 April 1941. p. 5. Retrieved 25 March 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Review of Bachelor Betty by Winifred James". The Athenaeum (4158): 11. 6 July 1907.

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