- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE3679
Dark, Eleanor
- Maiden name O'Reilly, Eleanor
Pseudonym O'Reilly, Pixie
Pseudonym O'Rane, Patricia
- Born 26 August 1901, Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Died 1 September 1985
- Occupation Novelist
Summary
Eleanor Dark wrote for the Australian Women’s Mirror and the Bulletin under the pseudonym of ‘P.O’R’: Pixie O’Reilly or Patricia O’Rane. Under her married name, she published Slow Dawning (1932), Prelude to Christopher (1934), Return to Coolami (1936), Sun Across the Sky (1937), Waterway (1938), The Timeless Land (1941), The Little Company (1945), Storm of Time (1948) and No Barrier (1953).
Archival resources
- National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
- Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection
- State Library of New South Wales
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Dark, Eleanor (1901-1985), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-472530
- Edited Book
- Journal Article
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Book
- No Barrier, Dark, Eleanor, 1953
- Lantana Lane, Dark, Eleanor, 1959
- The Little Company, Dark, Eleanor, 1945
- Prelude to Christopher, Dark, Eleanor, 1936
- Return to Coolami, Dark, Eleanor, 1935
- Slow Dawning, Dark, Eleanor, 1932
- Storm of Time, Dark, Eleanor, 1948
- Sun Across the Sky, Dark, Eleanor, 1937
- The Timeless Land, Dark, Eleanor, 1946
- Waterway, Dark, Eleanor, 1938
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Resource Section
- Dark, Eleanor (1901 - 1985), Wyndham, Marivic, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A170295b.htm