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Henrietta Drake-Brockman
Australian novelist and playwright
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Drake-Brockman in 1944 | |
| Born | 27 July 1901 |
| Died | 8 March 1968 |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
Henrietta Drake-Brockman (27 July 1901 – 8 March 1968) was an Australian journalist and novelist.[1]
Early life
Henrietta Frances York Jull[2] was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1901 to public service commissioner Martin Edward Jull (1862–1917), formerly of the Department of Works,[3] and his wife Roberta (née Stewart), a medical doctor and social reformer.
She was educated in Scotland, her mother's homeland, and at Frensham school for girls in Mittagong.
He tended to write his fiction based on real-life experiences and locate his stories in places in which lived (Henrietta Drake-Brockman.
She studied literature at the University of Western Australia and art in Henri Van Raalte's Perth studio. She married Geoffrey Drake-Brockman, then Commissioner for north western Australia, in 1921.
Writing career
Both Henrietta and her husband wrote about their travel