Dorothy Cottrell Explained

Ida Dorothy Ottley Cottrell (16 July 1902 – 29 June 1957) was an Australian writer. Born in Picton, she contracted infantile paralysis as a child and spent the rest of her life in a wheelchair. Cottrell married Walter Mackenzie Cottrell on 23 May 1922.^[1] Her first novel, The Singing Gold, was published in 1928. She wrote a story Wilderness Orphan (1936) which was the basis for the feature film Orphan of the Wilderness (1936). She lived for a time in the US and also worked as an artist and cartoonist.^[2]

Writings

• The Singing Gold (1927)
• Earth Battle (1927) (US:
• A Little Chapel of Memory (1932 est) Booklet on Mission Inn, Riverside, CA
• Winks: His Book (1934)
• Wilderness Orphan (1936) - filmed as Orphan of the Wilderness (1936)
• The Silent Reefs (1953) - filmed as The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960)

External links

• • Ida Dorothy Ottley Cottrell at Australian Dictionary of Biography
• Dorothy Cottrell at Public Memory History Cluster, University of Southern Queensland website
• Papers of Dorothy Cottrell at James Cook University Archives
• Papers of Dorothy Cottrell at National Library of Australia
• Dorothy Cottrell at Design and Art Australia Online
• Dorothy Cottrell at Australian Women's Register

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austlit . Dorothy Cottrell AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . 2024-12-04 . www.austlit.edu.au . en.
2. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cottrell-ida-dorothy-ottley-5788 Ida Dorothy Ottley Cottrell at Australian Dictionary of Biography