Jessie Lloyd

Jessie Georgina Lloyd (1843–1885) was an Australian short-story writer, novelist, poet and essayist who wrote under the pseudonym Silverleaf.

For the British swimmer, see Jess Lloyd. For founder of Lloydtown, Ontario, see Jesse Lloyd.

Jessie Lloyd
BornJessy Georgianna Bell
(1843-06-04)4 June 1843
Launceston, Tasmania
Died30 July 1885(1885-07-30) (aged 42)
Terembone, Coonamble, New South Wales
Pen nameSilverleaf
Occupationwriter
NationalityAustralian
Years active1878–1885
Children1 dau; 3 sons

Early life

Lloyd was born at Longford Farm, near Launceston. She was the daughter of Joseph William Bell, an auctioneer, and Georgiana (née Ford). The family moved to Glenorchy before she married.[1]

Lloyd married George Alfred Lloyd (1843–1921)[2] at the Wesleyan Church, O’Brien's Bridge (now Glenorchy) on 6 September 1866.[3] After her marriage, she moved with her husband to New South Wales. Their daughter was born in Sydney the following year. Lloyd's husband bought a share in a property, Terembone, near Coonamble and that became her home for the rest of her life. Three sons were born there.[1]

Career

In the late 1870s Lloyd began contributing to Sydney newspapers and periodicals, using "Silverleaf" as her pen name. From the money she earned, she was able to educate her two eldest children at boarding schools in Sydney.[1]

Lloyd was known as author of "All Aboard", a Christmas story published in The Echo[4] when her first book was published in 1880.[5] She dedicated this novel, The Wheel of Life, to Lady Robinson, wife of Hercules Robinson, then Governor of New South Wales. The Sydney Morning Herald critic reviewed it favourably, but chastised the proofreader for the number of printer's errors.[6]

In 1881 the Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier published Lloyd's "Silverleaf Papers", a series of essays on topics such as "New Chums",[7] "Glimpses of Station Life",[8] "Seasons of Drought",[9] "Squatters versus Selectors",[10] "Natives"[11] and two articles on housekeeping.[12][13] The series continued under the monthly's new name, Illustrated Sydney News, with the publication of "A Merry Christmas!"[14] and ran through 1882, including two essays on land legislation,[15][16] which drew a response from Colin Macdonald in the Australian Town and Country Journal.[17] Simultaneously, she wrote two serialised short stories, "The Willoughbys"[18][19] and "The Legend of the Red Bluff"[20][21][22] published by The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. In 1884 she began writing for The Daily Telegraph.[23]

Works

Novels
  • The Wheel of Life: A Domestic Tale of Life in Australia, George Robertson, 1880
  • "Retribution", serialised in the Illustrated Sydney News, four or five chapters per month, over 13 months[24][25]

Short stories

Personal

Lloyd died on 30 July 1885 at her home, Terembone, Coonamble after a long illness.[26][27]

References
  1. O'Neill, Sally, "Lloyd, Jessie Georgina (1843–1885)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 5 July 2020
  2. "A Castlereagh Pioneer". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW, 1842–1954). 9 February 1921. p. 12. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. "Family Notices". Mercury (Hobart, Tas., 1860–1954). 1 September 1866. p. 1. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  4. "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald (13, 008). New South Wales, Australia. 11 December 1879. p. 1. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Advertising". The Mercury. XXXVI (5848). Tasmania, Australia. 8 March 1880. p. 3. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "REVIEW". The Sydney Morning Herald (13, 036). New South Wales, Australia. 13 January 1880. p. 3. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Silverleaf Papers". Illustrated Sydney News And New South Wales Agriculturalist And Grazier. XVIII (1). New South Wales, Australia. 22 January 1881. p. 7. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "The Silverleaf Papers". Illustrated Sydney News And New South Wales Agriculturalist And Grazier. XVIII (3). New South Wales, Australia. 19 March 1881. p. 10. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "The Silverleaf Papers". Illustrated Sydney News And New South Wales Agriculturalist And Grazier. XVIII (4). New South Wales, Australia. 23 April 1881. p. 10. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "The Silverleaf Papers". Illustrated Sydney News And New South Wales Agriculturalist And Grazier. XVIII (6). New South Wales, Australia. 11 June 1881. p. 18. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "The Silverleaf Papers". Illustrated Sydney News And New South Wales Agriculturalist And Grazier. XVIII (9). New South Wales, Australia. 3 September 1881. p. 3. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. "The Silverleaf Papers". Illustrated Sydney News And New South Wales Agriculturalist And Grazier. XVIII (7). New South Wales, Australia. 9 July 1881. p. 14. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. "The Silverleaf Papers". Illustrated Sydney News And New South Wales Agriculturalist And Grazier. XVIII (8). New South Wales, Australia. 6 August 1881. p. 14. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. "The Silverleaf Papers". Illustrated Sydney News. XVIII (13). New South Wales, Australia. 24 December 1881. p. 11. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. "Silver leaf Papers". Illustrated Sydney News. XIX (9). New South Wales, Australia. 2 September 1882. p. 18. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. "Silverleaf Papers". Illustrated Sydney News. XIX (10). New South Wales, Australia. 30 September 1882. p. 11. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. "Thoughts on the Land Question". Australian Town And Country Journal. XXVI (667). New South Wales, Australia. 21 October 1882. p. 17. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. "The Willoughbys". The Sydney Mail And New South Wales Advertiser. XXXIII (1136). New South Wales, Australia. 15 April 1882. p. 575. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. "The Willoughbys". The Sydney Mail And New South Wales Advertiser. XXXIII (1137). New South Wales, Australia. 22 April 1882. p. 615. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. "The Legend of the Red Bluff". The Sydney Mail And New South Wales Advertiser. XXXIV (1166). New South Wales, Australia. 11 November 1882. p. 831. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. "The Legend of the Red Bluff, IN THREE PARTS". The Sydney Mail And New South Wales Advertiser. XXXIV (1167). New South Wales, Australia. 18 November 1882. p. 880. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. "The Legend of the Red Bluff. IN THREE PARTS". The Sydney Mail And New South Wales Advertiser. XXXIV (1168). New South Wales, Australia. 25 November 1882. p. 927. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  23. "A Bush Ball". The Daily Telegraph (1427). New South Wales, Australia. 31 January 1884. p. 8. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  24. ""RETRIBUTION,"". Illustrated Sydney News. XXI (6). New South Wales, Australia. 7 June 1884. p. 5. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  25. "CHAPTER LVII". Illustrated Sydney News. XXII (6). New South Wales, Australia. 6 June 1885. p. 7. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  26. "The late Mrs. G. A. Lloyd, Junior". Illustrated Sydney News (NSW, 1881–1894). 2 August 1885. p. 14. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  27. "Family Notices". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW, 1871–1912). 8 August 1885. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

Further reading
  • McAvoy, Brenda (2015), Interrupted Silence: The life and work of 'Silverleaf' – Jessie Georgina Lloyd, Queanbeyan, NSW Tantallon Publishing, ISBN 978-0-646-93866-0
  • McKenzie, Joan (1986), Silverleaf: The Story of Jessie Lloyd, Pioneer Writer of North Western New South Wales, J.M. McKenzie, ISBN 978-1-86252-472-9
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