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Coralie Clarke Rees
Leslie Rees

Coralie Clarke, later Coralie Clarke Rees BA (23 October 1908 – 14 February 1972) was a Western Australian author.

Biography

Coralie Clarke Rees was born in

Mount Hawthorn. Gil Clarke, a champion bowler, was secretary of the Western Australian Bowling Association for 11 years, and died on the Mount Lawley
bowling green. While studying for her
Leslie Rees
. She was an active member of the
Women's Service Guilds and honorary editor of its magazine The Dawn in 1929, while Bessie Rischbieth
was overseas. She was active in student theatre, playing in
Sydney Morning Herald.[6] She also wrote for the Women's Weekly
.

They returned to Perth in March 1936, then to

Neutral Bay, where they later brought up two daughters. That same year Coralie toured Australia and back to London as private secretary to Eileen Joyce.[7]
She continued to be active, writing plays for radio and making many radio appearances as a commentator on arts and women's affairs.

She began suffering a debilitating spinal condition but continued to travel widely throughout Australia with Leslie and their two daughters, gaining knowledge and experiences which informed a series of radio talks and travel books.[8]

Family

Coralie Clarke married Leslie Rees on 19 September 1931;[9] they had two daughters:

  • Megan Rees (30 August 1938 – )
  • Dymphna Rees, later Rees Peterson (c. 1941 – ) awarded Henry Lawson Poetry Prize for undergraduates in 1961. She wrote a history of her mother's time as editor of the Women's Guilds' publication The Dawn (see below).

Bibliography

  • Silent His Wings, Australasian Publishing Co. (1946). A poem sequence in memory of her brother Maxwell John Clarke (28 July 1921 – 2 January 1944), killed in Canada while a RAAF airman during WWII. Freely available to read here
  • Wait Till We Grow Up: Comedy for children (1948 play) edited by Leslie Rees
  • What Happened After? Nursery rhyme sequels (1972) illustrated by Allan Stomann

With Leslie Rees:

  • Spinifex Walkabout: Hitch-hiking in remote North Australia (1953)
  • Westward from Cocos: Indian Ocean travels (1956)
  • Coasts of Cape York: travels around Australia's pearl-tipped peninsula (1960)
  • People of the Big Sky Country (1970)

References

  1. ^ "The Whole Town's Talking". The West Australian. Vol. XLV, no. 8, 375. Western Australia. 23 April 1929. p. 18. Retrieved 30 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Woman's Interests". The West Australian. Vol. XLVI, no. 8, 716. Western Australia. 30 May 1930. p. 5. Retrieved 30 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "A West Australian Singer". The West Australian. Vol. 50, no. 15, 106. Western Australia. 20 November 1934. p. 6. Retrieved 30 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Eileen Joyce". Western Mail. Vol. XLIX, no. 2, 503. Western Australia. 8 February 1934. p. 24. Retrieved 30 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "A. A. Milne at Home". The West Australian. Vol. XLIX, no. 9, 758. Western Australia. 7 October 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 30 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Helen Simpson, an Australian Novelist". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 017. New South Wales, Australia. 1 June 1937. p. 21 (Women's Supplement). Retrieved 30 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "What Women Are Doing". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. III, no. 45. Australia. 11 April 1936. p. 21. Retrieved 30 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. The Blackwood Times
    . Vol. XLI, no. 2. Western Australia. 27 May 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 30 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. Sunday Times (Perth)
    . No. 1757. Western Australia. 27 September 1931. p. 13. Retrieved 20 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

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