Emily Bulcock | |
|---|---|
 Emily Bulcock | |
| Born | Emily Hemans Palmer 28 July 1877 Tinana, Queensland, Australia |
| Died | 4 September 1969 (aged 92) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation | Poet, journalist |
| Years active | 1889–1969 |
| Relatives | Vance Palmer (brother) |
Emily Hemans Bulcock (née Palmer) OBE (1877–1969) was an Australian poet and journalist.
She contributed poetry to newspapers throughout her life, beginning with a poem published by The Queenslander newspaper when she was aged 11. [1]
Bulcock was appointed teacher at a newly built school at Blackall in 1896 [2] where she remained until she resigned as headmistress shortly before her marriage in 1903. [3]
In the 1920s she worked as a freelance journalist for the Graziers' Journal and Farmers' Gazette. [4]
Bulcock was a foundation member of the Queensland Authors' and Artists' Association, subsequently renamed the Fellowship of Australian Writers (Queensland). She served on its committee from 1925 and was elected vice president in 1936. She was granted life membership in 1965. [4] She was also a foundation member of the Queensland branch of the Country Women's Association. [4]
Bulcock was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1964 New Year's Day Honours for “service to literature and poetry”. [5]
Emily Bulcock Crescent, in the Canberra suburb of Gilmore, is named in her honour. [4]
Emily Hemans Palmer was born on 28 July 1877 at Tinana (near Maryborough), the daughter of Henry Burnett Palmer and his wife Mary Jane (née Carson). [6] [7]
Bulcock married Robert Albert Bulcock at St Paul's Church, Cleveland in Queensland on 13 April 1903. [8] [9]
Bulcock died in Brisbane on 4 September 1969 and was cremated. Her husband predeceased her in 1924. [10] She was survived by her two children, Roy Palmer Bulcock and Marjorie Isabel Puregger (née Bulcock).
The Courier-Mail is an Australian newspaper published in Brisbane. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in tabloid format. Its editorial offices are located at Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner northern suburbs, and it is printed at Murarrie, in Brisbane's eastern suburbs. It is available for purchase throughout Queensland, most regions of Northern New South Wales and parts of the Northern Territory.
Caloundra is a coastal town and the southernmost town in the Sunshine Coast Region in South East Queensland, Australia.
Oxley is a south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Oxley had a population of 8,336 people.
Darra is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Darra had a population of 4,343 people.
William Henry Traill was an Australian journalist and politician, commonly referred to as W. H. Traill. He was an early editor and for a period the principal proprietor of The Bulletin in Sydney.
George Essex Evans was an Australian poet.
Emily Hood Westacott, was an Australian female tennis player in the 1930s.
The Shire of Stephens was a local government area in the inner southern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from Annerley, covered an area of 9 square miles (23 km2), and existed as a local government entity from 1886 until 1925, when it was amalgamated into the City of Brisbane under the City of Brisbane Act 1924.
Caloundra is a coastal suburb and the central business district of the town of Caloundra in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the suburb of Caloundra had a population of 3,917 people.
Byrnestown is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Byrnestown had a population of 34 people.
Robert Cribb (7 January 1805 – 16 April 1893) was an Australian parliamentarian who represented the district of East Moreton in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, and the districts of Town of Brisbane and East Moreton in the Queensland Legislative Assembly after the separation of Queensland from New South Wales. Cribb's brother Benjamin Cribb also served as a member of the colonial parliaments of both New South Wales and Queensland.
The Town of Hamilton is a former local government area of Queensland, Australia, located in north-eastern Brisbane.
The Shire of Rosewood is a former local government area in the south-east of Queensland, Australia.
Francis Lookout is a heritage-listed cemetery at 157 Dewar Terrace, Corinda, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1863 to 1966. It is also known as Francis Outlook. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 7 September 2004.
Carl Magnus Oscar Friström, generally known as Oscar Fristrom, was a portrait painter and art teacher born in Sweden, who had a substantial career in Queensland and South Australia, and was best known for his depictions of Aboriginal Australians. Fristrom did a number of Aboriginal portraits and paintings.
James Laurence Watts (1849–1925) was a sculptor in Queensland, Australia. He was one of the pioneer sculptors in Australia and his works appear in many Queensland public buildings and places.
Annie Margaret Wheeler was an Australian volunteer welfare worker who assisted soldiers from Central Queensland during World War I. She maintained a detailed card index of all soldiers from Central Queensland so that mail and parcels from their families could reach them and she provided practical and financial assistance to soldiers who were wounded, on leave in England or needing assistance with the army's bureaucracy. She was nicknamed "Mother of the Queenslanders" and "Mother of Anzacs".
William Alexander Jenyns Boyd (1842–1928) was a journalist and schoolmaster in Australia. He was admired for his "upright bearing and extensive learning".
Ernest Sadler Grew was an Australian cricketer. He played in the inaugural first-class match for Queensland in 1893. In his professional career he was a public accountant.
| General | |
|---|---|
| National libraries | |
| Biographical dictionaries | |
