Nora Kelly (journalist)

Kelly was born in Dunedin, New Zealand{{Cite web|last=|title=Nora Kelly|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A10332|access-date=2021-10-07|website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories|language=en}} and educated at St Dominic's College. Her career in journalism began by writing "The Dunedin Letter" for the Christchurch Sun and she began contributing poetry{{Citation|last=McAuliffe|first=Nora|title=Aspirations|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/234029004|journal=The Lone Hand|volume=9|issue=53|page=410|publication-date=1911-09-01|publisher=W. McLeod|access-date=7 October 2021}}{{Citation|last=McAuliffe|first=Nora|title=The Little Heart|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/234029824|journal=The Lone Hand|volume=13|issue=75|page=226|publication-date=1913-07-01|publisher=W. McLeod|access-date=7 October 2021}} and short stories{{Citation|last=McAuliffe|first=Nora|title=Outnumbered|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/234031165|journal=The Lone Hand|volume=5|issue=3|page=226|publication-date=1916-02-01|publisher=W. McLeod|access-date=7 October 2021}} to The Lone Hand.

She moved to Sydney, Australia and was employed by The Bulletin in 1917,{{cite news|date=25 January 1921|title=Miss Nora Kelly|volume=I|page=5|newspaper=Sunraysia Daily|issue=86|location=Victoria, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article258583935|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=7 October 2021}} which also published some of her war poetry.Sharkey, Michael. "'But who considers woman day by day?' Australian women poets and World War I." Australian Literary Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, Apr. 2007, pp. 63+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A177553280/AONE?u=slnsw_public&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=4a76776d. Accessed 7 October 2021. She took over writing its "Women's Letter" in 1919 from Margaret Cox-Taylor who wrote as Vandorian.{{cite news|date=16 March 1919|title=Journalistic Changes|page=13|newspaper=Sunday Times|issue=1730|location=New South Wales, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123232481|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=7 October 2021}} She fulfilled that role until 1934, when she left for England.{{cite news|date=6 August 1934|title=Sidelights on Show Festivities|page=16 (City Final Last Minute News)|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article181849519|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=7 October 2021}} She remained its social editor until at least 1950.{{Citation|title=The Red Page Some "Bulletin" History|journal=The Bulletin|volume=71|issue=3651|pages=2|publication-date=1950-02-01|publisher=John Haynes and J.F. Archibald|issn=0007-4039}}

Kelly was a founding member of the Society of Women WritersHeath, Lesley. "Society of Women Writers 1925–1935." Australian Literary Studies, vol. 21, no. 3, May 2004, pp. 362+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A120254324/AONE?u=slnsw_public&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=aea000e0. Accessed 7 October 2021. and served as president in 1941–43.{{cite news|date=26 October 1941|title=Men At This Tea Party|page=9|newspaper=Sunday Mail|issue=601|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98262411|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=7 October 2021}}{{Citation|title=Women's Letter|journal=The Bulletin|volume=64|issue=3330|pages=25|publication-date=1943-12-08|publisher=John Haynes and J.F. Archibald|issn=0007-4039}}

The first play she wrote was Love, performed by the Sydney University Dramatic Society in October 1921.{{cite news|date=22 October 1921|title=Gossip from Sydney|page=12 (Second edition)|newspaper=The Telegraph|issue=15258|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179624732|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=7 October 2021}} It was described as "a sketch distinguished for its smart dialogue, but rather unconvincing".{{cite news|date=19 October 1921|title=Music and Drama|volume=XX|page=29|newspaper=The Sydney Mail|issue=499|location=New South Wales, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162033221|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=7 October 2021}}

Her 1931 play, The Rose, was performed in a testimonial to Steele Rudd, along with works by Vance Palmer, Louis Esson, Carrie Tennant and Basil Garstang.{{Citation|author1=|title=Testimonial to Steele Rudd: Souvenir programme|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/157216545|publication-date=1931|publisher=Fellowship of Australian Writers|access-date=7 October 2021}}

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• 1940–1942, 1944

• The Rose (1931)
• Half Way to Paradise (1937)
• The Sea Chest (1938)

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• [https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/233145065 Article on Nora McAuliffe] by Bernice May (Zora Cross) in The Australian Woman's Mirror, 7 August 1928, p.10

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