22:
258:
Since 1952, Vivienne Rae-Ellis worked as a newspaper columnist, radio scriptwriter and broadcaster, television program host and public relations officer. For many years she also worked as an actress in various performing companies including the
280:
Rae-Ellis began writing biographies and novels in the 1960s. In 1967, while promoting a local history exhibition for the
Launceston Public Library, she became fascinated by a photograph of the pioneer and philanthropist
292:
She wrote in many genres including biography, children's fiction, romance, historical fiction and non-fiction, and she continued to produce articles and broadcasts for newspapers and journals in the UK and
Australia.
315:, in a house once occupied by the painter Thomas Gainsborough and his family. Following her move to England, she was a keen advocate of urban conservation there. In 2003 she began researching the social history of
250:. There she met, and in 1952 married, William Frank Ellis (1928â2015). They had two children, Niki Maree Ellis (born 1955) and William Mark Ellis (born 1956). They divorced in 1978.
231:, Australia, in 1930, the only daughter of four children. Her parents were Linda, nÊe James (1908â1982) and Donald Thurstans (1904â1988). Soon after her birth the family moved to
319:, a famous example of Georgian architecture in Bath, during the period 1760â1780. She died at her home on 29 March 2015, taking her own life after developing a terminal illness.
618:
648:
608:
643:
603:
598:
246:
After leaving school she worked as a secretary in various Hobart businesses before joining the administrative staff of the School of
Physics at the
209:
638:
267:
during rehearsals for the 1954 Royal Tour of
Tasmania. Her last performance as an actress in a play was in 1969 when she played Mrs. Earlynne in
623:
633:
663:
613:
39:
243:, where Rae-Ellis attended Ogilvy High School. While at school she played the violin and was a member of the school basketball team.
653:
105:
86:
593:
58:
628:
43:
65:
658:
72:
323:
541:"Vivienne Rae-Ellis, author and hostess with the mostest, died at her home in Bath on Sunday 29 March, aged 84"
421:
54:
273:
474:
289:
was published by
Blubberhead Press in 1979, by which time Rae-Ellis had also published several other books.
32:
668:
303:
In 1982 Vivienne Rae-Ellis relocated from
Australia to the United Kingdom. For several years she lived at
247:
588:
583:
412:
282:
297:
236:
327:
304:
260:
240:
79:
300:, and shortly before her death she completed a novel set in the whaling industry of the 1800s.
540:
496:
228:
147:
316:
312:
164:
577:
403:
264:
212:(23 July 1930 â 29 March 2015) was an Australian writer, who also wrote under the
514:
268:
21:
370:
263:. In 1954 she undertook the unusual assignment of standing in for Her Majesty
469:
213:
568:
232:
308:
15:
296:
In 2012 she completed a biography of the wife of the painter
515:"Vivienne Rae-Ellis | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories"
195:
187:
179:
171:
154:
132:
125:
46:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
8:
486:– via National Library of Australia.
122:
619:Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society
106:Learn how and when to remove this message
287:Louisa Anne Meredith: A Tigress in Exile
449:
322:Vivienne Rae-Ellis was a Fellow of the
478:. Burnie, Tas. 26 July 1930. p. 2
285:whose biography she decided to write.
649:20th-century Australian women writers
7:
44:adding citations to reliable sources
609:Australian romantic fiction writers
354:True Ghost Stories of Our Own Time
14:
644:20th-century Australian novelists
20:
604:Australian historical novelists
599:Australian emigrants to England
31:needs additional citations for
639:Women romantic fiction writers
1:
624:People from Wynyard, Tasmania
118:Australian writer (1930â2015)
634:Australian women biographers
235:, where they lived first at
685:
664:Women historical novelists
614:Australian women novelists
324:Royal Geographical Society
424:, Protector of Aborigines
311:. From 1988 she lived in
654:20th-century biographers
569:Vivienne Rae-Ellis' blog
439:(1980; as Antonia Bell)
377:
594:Australian biographers
390:The Tribe With No Feet
307:, the stately home in
248:University of Tasmania
227:Rae-Ellis was born in
136:Vivienne Rae Thurstans
629:Writers from Tasmania
274:Lady Windermere's Fan
437:The Cavendish Affair
415:: A Tigress in Exile
413:Louisa Anne Meredith
384:Menace at Oyster Bay
326:and a member of the
283:Louisa Anne Meredith
55:"Vivienne Rae-Ellis"
40:improve this article
659:Suicides in England
497:Rae-Ellis, Vivienne
406:: Queen or Traitor?
298:Thomas Gainsborough
519:www.austlit.edu.au
378:Children's fiction
361:Historical fiction
328:Society of Authors
305:Layer Marney Tower
265:Queen Elizabeth II
261:Launceston Players
206:Vivienne Rae-Ellis
127:Vivienne Rae-Ellis
229:Wynyard, Tasmania
203:
202:
148:Wynyard, Tasmania
116:
115:
108:
90:
676:
556:
555:
553:
551:
539:@ProfNikiEllis.
536:
530:
529:
527:
525:
510:
504:
494:
488:
487:
485:
483:
470:"Family Notices"
466:
460:
454:
348:Lively Libraries
161:
144:
142:
123:
111:
104:
100:
97:
91:
89:
48:
24:
16:
684:
683:
679:
678:
677:
675:
674:
673:
574:
573:
565:
560:
559:
549:
547:
538:
537:
533:
523:
521:
512:
511:
507:
495:
491:
481:
479:
468:
467:
463:
455:
451:
446:
433:
431:Romance fiction
399:
380:
367:Queen Trucanini
363:
344:
339:
337:Published works
333:
256:
225:
163:
159:
146:
140:
138:
137:
128:
119:
112:
101:
95:
92:
49:
47:
37:
25:
12:
11:
5:
682:
680:
672:
671:
666:
661:
656:
651:
646:
641:
636:
631:
626:
621:
616:
611:
606:
601:
596:
591:
586:
576:
575:
572:
571:
564:
563:External links
561:
558:
557:
531:
505:
503:, 3 June 2010.
489:
461:
448:
447:
445:
442:
441:
440:
432:
429:
428:
427:
422:Black Robinson
418:
409:
398:
395:
394:
393:
387:
379:
376:
375:
374:
362:
359:
358:
357:
351:
343:
340:
338:
335:
313:Bath, Somerset
255:
252:
224:
221:
201:
200:
197:
193:
192:
189:
185:
184:
181:
177:
176:
173:
169:
168:
165:Bath, Somerset
162:(aged 84)
156:
152:
151:
134:
130:
129:
126:
117:
114:
113:
28:
26:
19:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
681:
670:
669:2015 suicides
667:
665:
662:
660:
657:
655:
652:
650:
647:
645:
642:
640:
637:
635:
632:
630:
627:
625:
622:
620:
617:
615:
612:
610:
607:
605:
602:
600:
597:
595:
592:
590:
587:
585:
582:
581:
579:
570:
567:
566:
562:
546:
542:
535:
532:
520:
516:
509:
506:
502:
498:
493:
490:
477:
476:
471:
465:
462:
458:
453:
450:
443:
438:
435:
434:
430:
425:
423:
419:
416:
414:
410:
407:
405:
401:
400:
396:
391:
388:
385:
382:
381:
372:
368:
365:
364:
360:
355:
352:
349:
346:
345:
341:
336:
334:
331:
329:
325:
320:
318:
314:
310:
306:
301:
299:
294:
290:
288:
284:
278:
276:
275:
270:
266:
262:
253:
251:
249:
244:
242:
238:
234:
230:
222:
220:
218:
215:
211:
207:
198:
194:
190:
186:
182:
178:
174:
170:
166:
158:29 March 2015
157:
153:
149:
135:
131:
124:
121:
110:
107:
99:
88:
85:
81:
78:
74:
71:
67:
64:
60:
57: â
56:
52:
51:Find sources:
45:
41:
35:
34:
29:This article
27:
23:
18:
17:
548:. Retrieved
544:
534:
522:. Retrieved
518:
508:
500:
492:
480:. Retrieved
475:The Advocate
473:
464:
459:(Routledge).
456:
452:
436:
420:
411:
402:
389:
383:
369:(1976; with
366:
353:
347:
332:
321:
302:
295:
291:
286:
279:
272:
257:
245:
239:and then at
226:
217:Antonia Bell
216:
205:
204:
175:Antonia Bell
160:(2015-03-29)
145:23 July 1930
120:
102:
96:October 2021
93:
83:
76:
69:
62:
50:
38:Please help
33:verification
30:
589:2015 deaths
584:1930 births
545:Twitter.com
342:Non-fiction
269:Oscar Wilde
196:Nationality
150:, Australia
578:Categories
524:12 October
444:References
371:Nancy Cato
317:The Circus
223:Early life
199:Australian
180:Occupation
141:1930-07-23
66:newspapers
513:Austlit.
457:Who's Who
404:Trucanini
397:Biography
237:Sandy Bay
214:pseudonym
167:, England
550:27 April
482:27 April
241:New Town
188:Language
172:Pen name
501:AustLit
191:English
80:scholar
426:(1988)
417:(1979)
408:(1976)
392:(1978)
386:(1976)
356:(1990)
350:(1975)
254:Career
233:Hobart
183:Writer
82:
75:
68:
61:
53:
309:Essex
87:JSTOR
73:books
552:2015
526:2022
484:2015
210:FRGS
155:Died
133:Born
59:news
271:'s
42:by
580::
543:.
517:.
499:,
472:.
330:.
277:.
219:.
208:,
554:.
528:.
373:)
143:)
139:(
109:)
103:(
98:)
94:(
84:¡
77:¡
70:¡
63:¡
36:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
