Mollie Gillen | |
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| Born | Kathleen Mollie Woolnough 1 November 1908 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 31 January 2009 (aged 100) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, writer, author |
Mollie Gillen AM (née Woolnough; 1908–2009) was an Australian historian, researcher, writer and novelist. Her work on the First Fleet, in The Search for John Small, First Fleeter[1] and The Founders of Australia: a Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet,[2] explored the idea that many of the founding families of Australia were descended from the convict population, rather than those sent to guard them. Gillen's article "Maud Montgomery: The Girl Who Wrote Green Gables"[3][4] instigated a new era in scholarship on Lucy Maud Montgomery.[5]
- ^ The Search for John Small, First Fleeter / Mollie Gillen - National Library of Australia. Library of Australian History. 1985. ISBN 9780908120581.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Gillen, Mollie (1989). The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet. Library of Australian History. ISBN 0908120699.
- ^ Montgomery, Maud. "The Girl Who Wrote Green Gables" (PDF). lmmontgomeryliterarysociety.weebly.com.
- ^ Montgomery, Maud. "The Girl Who Wrote Green Gables / Mollie Gillen" (PDF). lmmontgomeryliterarysociety.weebly.com.
- ^ "Dr. Mollie Gillen, biographer of L.M. Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables". The L.M. Montgomery Literary Society.