Dorothy Cottrell

Dorothy Cottrell
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Ida Dorothy Ottley Cottrell (1902–1957), better known as Dorothy Cottrell, was an Australian writer. Born in Picton, she contracted infantile paralysis as a child and spent the rest of her life in a wheelchair. 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.

Writings

• The Singing Gold (1927)
• Earth Battle (1927) (US: Tharlane)
• 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