Beatrice Grimshaw

Beatrice Grimshaw (1907)

Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw (3 February 1870 – 30 June 1953) was a writer and traveller of Irish origin, for many years based in Papua New Guinea.

Life

She was born in Cloona House[1] in Dunmurry, County Antrim, Ireland into a well-to-do family. She was educated privately, at Victoria College, Belfast, in Caen, France, then Bedford College, London and Queen's College, Belfast and never graduated,[2] though it was later claimed she had been a lecturer in Classics at Bedford Women's College.[3] Her family were members of the Church of Ireland, but she converted to Catholicism after leaving home.

She worked for various shipping companies and then as a freelance journalist in Dublin. After contacting Richard J. Mecredy, the proprietor of the Dublin-based Irish Cyclist, in 1891 expressing her interest in cycling and journalism, she became a contributor to the magazine. Two years later she became sub-editor, and then took over the magazine's sister publication, the Social Review, which she edited until 1903.[4] But she had long harboured a desire to see the Pacific, and in 1904 she was engaged by the (London) Daily Graphic to report on the Pacific islands,[2] reportedly sailing around the Pacific islands in her own cutter.[3] She was commissioned to write publicity for Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, and Tonga.[2] In 1907 she sailed to Papua on a commission from The Times and the Sydney Morning Herald,[2] but remained for twenty-seven years, much of the time at Rona Falls.[5] She became a close friend of Sir Hubert Murray and his unofficial publicist. She joined exploration parties and managed plantations, including one with her brother Ramsay.[2]

She also corresponded with Alfred Deakin- Australia's second, fifth and seventh Prime Minister regarding her work in the pacific.

In 1936, in company with brothers Ramsay and Osborne[2] she retired to Kelso, New South Wales, where she remained for the rest of her life.

Films

Publications

She wrote some 46 books, all out of print, including:

Sources

References

  1. ↑ http://www.iguidez.com/video/guides/belfast/cloona-house-oasis-center/
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Laracy, Hugh, 'Grimshaw, Beatrice Ethel (1870–1953)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/grimshaw-beatrice-ethel-6494/text11135, accessed 28 April 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Beatrice Grimshaw". The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939). Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 22 October 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  4. ↑ Grimshaw, Beatrice (1930). Isles of Adventure. London: Herbert Jenkins.
  5. ↑ "Miss Beatrice Grimshaw". Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 25 June 1925. p. 4. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  6. ↑ Beatrice Grimshaw at Internet Movie Database
  7. ↑ "Beatrice Grimshaw". The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939). Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 4 March 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "Beatrice Grimshaw". The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939). Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 29 July 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "Beatrice Grimshaw". The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939). Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 18 July 1925. p. 3. Retrieved 28 April 2012.

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