Deamer, Dulcie, 1890-1972.
Holiday / by Dulcie Deamer. (Sydney : Frank Johnson, 1940)
Born in New Zealand, Dulcie Deamer was a well-known figure in Sydney Bohemian circles of the 1920s and 1930s. Initially Deamer pursued a career in the theatre, but in 1907 she won first prize in a
Lone Hand competition for her 'highly imaginative' Stone Age story. Her family were shocked by the voluptuous and graphic Norman Lindsay illustrations that accompanied the story when it subsequently appeared in print. Deamer later admitted that: “Even at that tender age I loved blood, murder and violence”. In
Holiday Deamer attempts to give women an active role in the unfolding historical events (even if drama and colour prevail over narrative sense!).
