Elyne Mitchell

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Sibyl Elyne Mitchell (born December 30, 1913 in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia , † March 4, 2002 in Corryong , Victoria, Australia) was an Australian children's author.

Life

Mitchell was the daughter of the Australian General Harry Chauvel , who in the First World War , the Anzac Mounted Division during the conquest of the then to the Ottoman Empire belonging Palestine led. She received her education at St. Catherine's School in Toorak and in 1935 married the lawyer Thomas Walter Mitchell . The couple moved to the Australian Alps , the Snowy Mountains . She learned to ride and ski in the countryside. She is reportedly the first woman to ski the entire stretch of the western slopes of the Snowy Mountains as a descent. The couple had four children in the following years.

Mitchell began writing in the 1940s. Topics were primarily the nature and the history of their surroundings in the Australian Alps, but also the history of their family and the horse troops of Australia in the past wars. Her photographs found their way into various publications and also into the children's books, which she published from the 1950s with great international success. A successful series of children's books featured Snowy Brumby a palomino stallion and his descendants.

Awards and honors

  • 1988: Medal of the Order of Australia on the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honors List
  • 1993: Honorary Doctorate from Charles Sturt University, Australia
  • The Elyne Mitchell Rural Woman's Writing Award has been presented since 2005 .

Publications

  • 1942: Australia's Alps .
  • 1945: Speak to the Earth .
  • 1958: The Silver Brumby ; Filmed in 1993.
    • 1964: German: The silver stallion. Wild horses in the Australian mountainous country . Rascher, Zurich / Stuttgart.
  • 1960: The Silver Brumby's Daughter .
    • 1964: German: Kunama, the silver foal . Rascher, Zurich / Stuttgart.
  • 1962: Kingfisher Feather .
  • 1964: Winged Skis .
  • 1965: Silver Brumbies of the South .
  • 1966: Silver Brumby Kingdom .
  • 1968: Moon Filly .
    • 1973: German: The poppy foal: On the dangerous life of Australian wild horses . Arena Verlag, Würzburg, ISBN 3-401-03674-2 .
  • 1973: Silver Brumby Whirlwind .
  • 1971: Light Horse to Damascus .
  • 1975: The Colt at Taparoo , illustrated by Victor Ambrus. Hutchinson of Australia, Richmond, Victoria, Australia 1975, ISBN 0-09-130080-0 .
  • 1976: Son of the Whirlwind , illustrated by Victor Ambrus. Hutchinson, London, ISBN 0-09-130120-3 .
  • 1978: Light Horse: The Story of Australias Mounted Troops .
  • 1983: Chauvel Country - The Story of a Great Australian Pioneering Family .
  • 1985: Discoverers of the Snowy mountains , ISBN 0-333-40068-2 .
  • 1989: Towong Hill: Fifty Years on an Upper Murray Cattle Station .
  • 1995: Dancing Brumby .
  • 2003: Wild Echoes Ringing .

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personal data
SURNAME Mitchell, Elyne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chauvel, Sybil Elyne (maiden name); Mitchell, Sybil Elyne Keith (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian children's author
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne , Victoria
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 2002
Place of death Corryong , Victoria