The Australian Women's Register

Summary

The daughter of Dr Roberta and Martin Jull, Henrietta Drake-Brockman married the then Commissioner for the far north west of Australia, Geoffrey Drake-Brockman on 3 August 1921. While in the north west she wrote articles for the West Australia under the pseudonym ‘Henry Drake’. The author of Men Without Wives, which won the Australian Sesquicentenary prize, Drake-Brockman also wrote for the theatre, and was co-editor, with Walter Murdoch, of Australian Short Stories. On 1 January 1967 Henrietta Drake-Brockman was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to Australian literature.

Events

• 1939

  Awarded Bulletin Short Story Prize

• 2067

  Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire

• 1939

  Joined the Sydney branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers

• 1941

  President of the Fellowship of Australian Writers, Western Australian Branch

• 1956 - 1957

  President of the Fellowship of Australian Writers, Western Australian Branch

• 1938

  Won Sesquicentenary Celebration Prize for best full-length Australian Play Men Without Wives