- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2835
Riddell, Elizabeth
(1910 – 1998)- Born 1910, Napier New Zealand
- Died 1998, Sydney New South Wales Australia
- Occupation Journalist, Poet, Print journalist
Summary
Born in New Zealand in 1910, Elizabeth Riddell was recruited as a journalist to work in Sydney straight from school. In 1939 she started work on The Sun newspaper, during World War Two she opened and ran the Daily Mirror’s New York bureau, and in the 1960s, she became senior interviewer and critic for the arts pages of The Australian. Several books of her poetry have been published over the years.
Events
- 1939 - 1970
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1968
Best Newspaper Feature Story, The Australian – News Limited
Walkley Award (Print) -
1969
Best Newspaper Feature Story, The Australian – News Limited
Walkley Award (Print)
Archival resources
- National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
- National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
- State Library of New South Wales
Published resources
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Resource Section
- Interview with Elizabeth Riddell, Hughes, Robin, 1992, http://www.australianbiography.gov.au/riddell/index.html
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Resource
- Portrait of Elizabeth Riddell, Bondi, 1984 [picture], Bolton, A. T., http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an14483924
- Portrait of Elizabeth Riddell [picture], Kahan, Louis, 1970, http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an4001596
- Trove: Riddell, Elizabeth (1907-1998), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-618114
- Book
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Site Exhibition
- The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cal/cal-home.html