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Elyne Mitchell, OAM (née Chauvel, 30 December 1913 – 4 March 2002) was an Australian author noted for the Silver Brumby series of children's novels. Her nonfiction works draw on family history and culture.
Mar 4, 2002 · Elyne Mitchell is an Australian author best known for her Silver Brumby children's series, which tells the story of brumbies that roamed the Snowy Mountains in the Australian Alps, in particular a pale brumby named Thowra.
Elyne Mitchell, author of The Silver Brumby novel and various non-fiction works, lived most of her life at Towong Hill in the Upper Murray region of Victoria. Her life was profoundly influenced by the nearby Snowy Mountains which in turn shaped her writing.
The Silver Brumby series is a collection of fiction children's books by Australian author Elyne Mitchell. They recount the life and adventures of Thowra, a magnificent pale brumby stallion, and his descendants, and are set in the Snowy Mountains region of Australia.
Jun 9, 2014 · Elyne Mitchell’s Silver Brumby books have been an amazing success story in Australian publishing. A.B. "Banjo" Paterson’s epic poem The Man from Snowy River is known by many Australians and frequently recited at bush poetry events around the country.
Elyne Mitchell is best known as the author of the Silver Brumby series of children's books. She was also a novelist, poet, farmer, skiier and environmentalist.
Jan 1, 1982 · Elyne Mitchell brings to life the adventures of Jim Craig aka The Man from Snowy River perfectly, and describes the high country in vivid terms. A short but great read, with some detail to flesh out the brilliant film starring Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton and Kirk Douglas.
Elyne Mitchell was born on 30 December 1913 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was a writer, known for The Silver Brumby (1993), The Silver Brumby (1998) and Waltzing Matilda: The Song That Shaped a Nation (1995). She died on 4 March 2002 in Corryong, Victoria, Australia.
Elyne Mitchell was born on December 30, 1913 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was a writer, known for The Silver Brumby (1993), The Silver Brumby (1998) and Waltzing Matilda: The Song That Shaped a Nation (1995). She died on March 4, 2002 in Corryong, Victoria, Australia.
(1913–2002), Australian novelist who spent most of her life at a mountain cattle station, the backdrop for her well-loved novels. The Silver Brumby (1958), illustrated by Ralph Thompson, was the ...
