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Blewett, Elizabeth
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- Blewett, Elizabeth Melville
- Blewett, Elsie Melville
- Blewett, Bill
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1910 -
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Elizabeth Blewett was born as Elsie Melville Blewett in Northcote, Victoria. Known as 'Bill' to her family, she was educated at Ivanhoe Grammar School and the University of Melbourne. She pursued a career as teacher, served as a headmistress for thirteen years and was a co-principal of "Merry Days", a correspondence school for kindergarten and sub-primary school children which she ran with her sister Rowena. In 1951 she moved to London with her sister, the writer and literary agent, Dorothy Blewett before returning to Australia at the end of 1959. In 1978 she wrote a book called Care & Breeding of Australian Finches.
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Created, BS, 25-Nov-2022
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Parallel form(s) of name and date of birth taken from Victorian births deaths and marriages, accessed online 25-Nov-2022 and a photocopy of Dorothy Emilie Blewett's will.
Biography adapted from the author blurb in Care & Breeding of Australian Finches.